Re: The Doll and the Rose
- From: "Sameer" <salatey@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 17:03:01 +0530
Dear Allan,
A very touching story indeed.
One cannot help but shed a few tears when reading it.
Regards
Sameer Latey
Mumbai, India
Mob. 9867414004
----- Original Message -----
From: "Allan Wong" <allanwkf@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <"Undisclosed-Recipient:;"@freelists.org>
Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 5:11 AM
Subject: The Doll and the Rose
> hi friends, stop a minut and read this posting, i just received from a
friend of mind. i dont care this story is true or not, but it
> is so touching.
>
> note: a story for this coming holiday season.
>
> ------------------------------------------
>
> A touching story and a good reminder: No matter religion and region.
>
> "Take time to appreciate what you have now." The love of the little boy
for his mother and sister is so pure and innocent. A classic
> example of giving and not expecting anything in return. Holiday season is
just around the corner and you will bound to have lots of
> parties coming up. Do remind yourself not to drink and drive at the same
time; for the safety of others and yourself.
>
> On the last day before Christmas, I hurried to go to the supermarket to
buy the remaining of the gift I didn't manage to buy
> earlier.
>
> When I saw all the people there, I started to complain to myself, "It is
going to take forever here and I still have so many other
> places to go. Christmas really is getting more and more annoying every
year. How I wish I could just lie down, go to sleep and only
> wake up after it…"
>
> Nonetheless, I made my way to the toy section, and there I started to
curse the prices, wondering if after all kids really play with
> such expensive toys.
>
> While looking in the toy section, I noticed a small boy of about 5 years
old, pressing a doll against his chest. He kept on touching
> the hair of the doll and looked so sad. I wondered who was this doll for.
Then the little boy turned to the old woman next to him,
> "Granny, are you sure I don't have enough money?"
>
> The old lady replied, "You know that you don't have enough money to buy
this doll, my dear."
>
> Then she asked him to stay here for 5 minutes while she went to look
around. She left quickly. The little boy was still holding the
> doll in his hand.
>
> Finally, I started to walk toward him and I asked him who did he want to
give this doll to. "It is the doll that my sister loved
> most and wanted so much for this Christmas. She was so sure that Santa
Claus would bring it to her."
>
> I replied to him that may be Santa Claus will bring it to her, after all,
and not to worry. But he replied to me sadly. "No, Santa
> Claus cannot bring it to her where she is now. I have to give the doll to
my mother so that she can give it to her when she goes
> there."His eyes were so sad while saying this. "My sister has gone to be
with God. Daddy says that Mummy will also go to see God
> very soon, so I thought that she could bring the doll with her to give it
to my sister."
>
> My heart nearly stopped. The little boy looked up at me and said, "I told
daddy to tell mummy not to go yet. I asked him to wait
> until I come back from the supermarket."
>
> Then he showed me a very nice photo of him where he was laughing. He then
told me, "I also want mummy to take this photo with her so
> that she will not forget me." I love my mummy and I wish she doesn't have
to leave me but daddy says that she has to go to be with
> my little sister."
>
> Then he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly. I quickly
reached for my wallet and took a few notes and said to the
> boy, "What if we checked again, just in case if you have enough money?"
>
> "Ok," he said. "I hope that I have enough."
>
> I added some of my money to his without him seeing and we started to count
it. There was enough for the doll, and even some spare
> money.
>
> The little boy said, "Thank you God for giving me enough money." Then he
looked at me and added, "I asked yesterday before I slept
> for God to make sure I have enough money to buy this doll so that mummy
can give it to my sister. He heard me." "I also wanted to
> have enough money to buy a white rose for my mummy, but I didn't dare to
ask God too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and
> the white rose."
>
> "You know, my mummy loves white rose."
>
> A few minutes later, the old lady came again and I left with my trolley. I
finished my shopping in a totally different state from
> when I started. I couldn't get the little boy out of my mind.
>
> Then I remembered a local newspaper article 2 days ago, which mentioned of
a drunk man in a truck who hit a car where there was one
> young lady and a little girl. The little girl died right away, and the
mother was left in a critical state. The family had to decide
> whether to pull the plug on the life-assisting machine, because the young
lady would not be able to get out of the coma.
>
> Was this the family of the little boy?
>
> Two days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the newspaper
that the young lady had passed away. I couldn't stop
> myself and went to buy a bunch of white roses and I went to the mortuary
where the body of the young woman was exposed for people to
> see and make last wish before burial.
>
> She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand
with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over
> her chest.
>
> I left the place crying, feeling that my life had been changed forever.
The love that this little boy had for his mother and his
> sister is still, to that day, hard to imagine. And in a fraction of a
second, a drunk man had taken all this away from him.
>
> Regards,
> Allan Wong
> WLM: 3-m@xxxxxxxx
>
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