POOR BOY PAYS FOR OLD LADY\u2019S GROCERIES \u2014 THE NEXT DAY, SHE RECEIVES UNEXPECTED PAYBACK THAT CHANGES HIS LIFE \u201cOh, geez. I must have lost my wallet. I\u2019m so sorry. I\u2019ll have to come back for these things later,\u201d Mary said to the cashier, who started picking up the items and putting them back. Meanwhile, Mary closed her purse, prepared to walk away when the boy behind her in line spoke up. \u201cWait, ma\u2019am.<\/p>\n
You don\u2019t have many things anyway. I\u2019ll pay for them,\u201d he said. He couldn\u2019t be older than 12, and Mary noticed that he didn\u2019t look particularly well-off. \u201cOh, no. I couldn\u2019t put you out like that,\u201d Mary countered. \u201cI insist, ma\u2019am.<\/p>\n
Sometimes, we have to do good things, and karma will reward us later, right? That\u2019s what my grandmother says all the time,\u201d the boy said, paying for everything that Mary had picked out. Luckily, it was only a few essentials. A few days later, the boy heard a knock at the door.<\/p>\n
Mary realized she had forgotten her wallet while trying to pay for some groceries, but a kind boy, Mark, paid for her things. Sometime later, Mary and her daughter learned that Mark\u2019s grandmother needed expensive surgery, so they decided to act, surprising the boy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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