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A poor boy lived in a small town. He sold
goods from door to door to pay for school. One day, he had only one cent left,
and he was hungry. He decided that he would ask for a meal at the next house.
However, when a young woman opened the door, the boy was shy, so he just asked
for some water. The woman knew he was hungry, so she brought him a large glass
of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked," How much should I pay for
it?" "You won't pay for it. My mother has told me that it is good to
help the people who are in trouble," she replied. The boy said," Then
I thank you from my heart." As the boy left that house, he felt stronger.
He knew he had many things to do.
Many years later, the woman became ill. The
local doctors couldn't save her. People had to send her to a big city. When the
doctor knew who the woman was, he was excited and tried his best to save her
life. He succeeded. The woman needed to pay for the medical bill. The doctor
learned that she couldn't afford it. So he wrote something down on the medical
bill. The woman read the bill, "You have paid it with a glass of
milk."
