granny stories
I love talking to grannies. they have the most interesting stories.
I was sitting in the MRT one day and this granny sat beside me.
I was on the phone and noticed her kept glancing over to my side. At first I thought she was irritated by my volume so I spoke softer.
However, as soon as I put down my phone, she looked so happy that now she have someone to talk to and she turned over to talk to me.
she told me 2 stories:
there was this time when she was queuing up to topup her EZ link card. She heard someone from the back of the queue telling her that her 10 dollars had droppped onto the floor. so she looked down on the floor for her 10 dollars.
she caught the little boy who was queuing directly behind her bend down and pick up a 10 dollar note on the ground.
"boy, thats my 10 dollars, can u give it back to granny?'
'no, its mine.'
the mum came in and said "yes, i gave him that 10 dollars"
th granny did not want to argue over this and so she just took another 10 dollars out of her wallet greatly disappointed by how the child was raised.
story no. 2
this is another story about a ten dollars note.
granny was sitting in a coffeeshop in geylang and was also holding a 10 dollar note in her hands waiting to pay for her food.
suddenly, a little boy came over and snatched the 10 dollars away.
granny is over 80 and could not run after him so she let him go.
the next time that granny went back to the coffee shop again, she met that little boy.
she went over to him and said
"hey, last time u snatched my 10 dollars from me"
little boy was terrified.
"sorry sorry auntie. sorry, I have no money to eat so I have to snatch from you."
granny checked the boy out. the boy was wearing a primary school uniformwhich looks like it has not been washed for ages and his shoes and bag are all worn out.
seeing the sorry state that the little boy is in, she took out another $2 dollars for him.
"next time when u need money, ask for it, don't be a robber. otherwise if they catch you to police then it will be troublesome. "
she handed the 2 dollars to the little boy.
to her surprise, the little boy rejected her offer.
"auntie, the 10 dollars that I took from you last time, I still have $1.50 left. "
and he ran away.
It has been almost a week that the little boy snatched to 10 dollars from granny and he still has $1.50 left. if that 10 dollars was in my pocket, I would have spent it in half a day.
at that time, I felt ashamed of myself that I do not cherishhow lucky I am. That little boy does not even know if he will have enough money for the next meal and here I am indulging myself with all the shopping and restuarants without sparing a thought for those who are less fortunate.
The second boy also did the same mistake as the first but was brave to admit his mistake. the first boy simply took the 10 dollars out of greed while the second one was because he really needs it.
both stories reflected each other so well, I wondered if granny made it up.
Haha, if she had, she is a great story teller.
I hope to knock into her the next time I take the train again and listen to her interesting stories.
I was sitting in the MRT one day and this granny sat beside me.
I was on the phone and noticed her kept glancing over to my side. At first I thought she was irritated by my volume so I spoke softer.
However, as soon as I put down my phone, she looked so happy that now she have someone to talk to and she turned over to talk to me.
she told me 2 stories:
there was this time when she was queuing up to topup her EZ link card. She heard someone from the back of the queue telling her that her 10 dollars had droppped onto the floor. so she looked down on the floor for her 10 dollars.
she caught the little boy who was queuing directly behind her bend down and pick up a 10 dollar note on the ground.
"boy, thats my 10 dollars, can u give it back to granny?'
'no, its mine.'
the mum came in and said "yes, i gave him that 10 dollars"
th granny did not want to argue over this and so she just took another 10 dollars out of her wallet greatly disappointed by how the child was raised.
story no. 2
this is another story about a ten dollars note.
granny was sitting in a coffeeshop in geylang and was also holding a 10 dollar note in her hands waiting to pay for her food.
suddenly, a little boy came over and snatched the 10 dollars away.
granny is over 80 and could not run after him so she let him go.
the next time that granny went back to the coffee shop again, she met that little boy.
she went over to him and said
"hey, last time u snatched my 10 dollars from me"
little boy was terrified.
"sorry sorry auntie. sorry, I have no money to eat so I have to snatch from you."
granny checked the boy out. the boy was wearing a primary school uniformwhich looks like it has not been washed for ages and his shoes and bag are all worn out.
seeing the sorry state that the little boy is in, she took out another $2 dollars for him.
"next time when u need money, ask for it, don't be a robber. otherwise if they catch you to police then it will be troublesome. "
she handed the 2 dollars to the little boy.
to her surprise, the little boy rejected her offer.
"auntie, the 10 dollars that I took from you last time, I still have $1.50 left. "
and he ran away.
It has been almost a week that the little boy snatched to 10 dollars from granny and he still has $1.50 left. if that 10 dollars was in my pocket, I would have spent it in half a day.
at that time, I felt ashamed of myself that I do not cherishhow lucky I am. That little boy does not even know if he will have enough money for the next meal and here I am indulging myself with all the shopping and restuarants without sparing a thought for those who are less fortunate.
The second boy also did the same mistake as the first but was brave to admit his mistake. the first boy simply took the 10 dollars out of greed while the second one was because he really needs it.
both stories reflected each other so well, I wondered if granny made it up.
Haha, if she had, she is a great story teller.
I hope to knock into her the next time I take the train again and listen to her interesting stories.
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