Show KINDNESS I 1 will write my story about kindness kindness is a vey great blessing to mankind it if we are al always ay kind to the poor pool and everybody over body we kc meet who are in need of anything we should ba b kind and ile help 11 them theio was once some school children who were coming home ionic from school the wind vind was blowing hard and the rain was falling failing fast tile boys bos were coming down t the he road as an old lady was crossing the road and one little boy chose name was john said lets help tell that old lady across the muddy road but the other ather boys said no let her ter go herself ter but john said no she is very old and feeble so he went to help her ter the boys said oh all you are a baby for helping he bu john 1 I did not n 0 t care c e much what they said but lit lie be ad felt t i bad because they made fun of him and the old lady too john went cut bravely ui up to her and said let me hell you across the road the old lady was very happy and thanked him very much because lie he was so kind to her site she was very tired lie cause she had been to the store and it was a nery iery long ways for her to 0 o go 90 her husband had died a few ears cars ago and she lived alone in the house and the fire had gone a out lit she did not have an any more inore wood to start a fire with she was very cold anti and hesitated in chopping the wood so john said let me chop some wood for aou ou ind and make a fire for you on she was so pleased that tears ran down her ter cheeks john made a ire fire tor for her ter and then lie he bid her good bye and went home this old lady never forgot tile the kind hind deed which john had bad done fortier for fort her ber john had showed its his kindness and had gained the lovo love of this old lady As john passed a store he met the boys which had made fuu fun of him and they said well john on oil are a fool for helping that old lady john did not quarrel with them but went right on his way he told his mother where he had been and what lie he had lone done and she said you have lone done a very kind deed to her this old lady lid did not target forget john until she died and then when john had grown up to manhood he had a groat great reward from this old lady because she had bad given him her farm and house louse and evely everything thing which belonged to her was johns ile he was always kind to everybody and everybody bo dy loved him because his heart was I 1 full of hind kindness ness inez jensen of the mantua schools aged 11 years |