Once upon a time there
was a little boy who was roaming the streets begging for food. He finally
stumbled upon a Chinese restaurant. His mouth was salivating and his stomach
grumbled with hunger. The restaurant owner came out and saw the boy looking in the
window sick and skinny. He took the kid in and fed him until the kid could not
eat anymore.
The kid started to come every
day and the man fed him. Soon the man gave the kid a job at his restaurant.
Every day the kid would come, work his shift, eat and then leave. Finally, one
day the man asked the kid, "Where are you living that there is no food to eat?" The kid told him, "Please do not judge me. I sneak into an old man's boat a couple of blocks down from here. My parents kicked me out, and I have just been doing my best to survive." The owner immediately took him in.
The kid grew up helping
the owner as much as he could. They had a special bond. One that lasted a long
time. Finally, the day had come for the kid to go to medical school. The owner
was sad to see him go but was glad that he was able to get the kid on his feet.
Time passed and they still kept in touch, however the kid got busy in his own
life.
The kid turned out to be
a really successful doctor. He was known worldwide and was the most credited
doctor in the country for the extraordinary successful surgeries he had performed. One day a patient was rushed in, in the middle of the
night. The patient had passed out because he had a heart attack. The kid, who
was now a doctor, was called and requested to come in. He was not happy about
it, because he just worked a 13-hour shift, but went to the hospital anyways.
When he got to the hospital he immediately questioned his staff about why the
other doctor was not able to help the patient. The intake nurse said, " In the
process of his heart attack he requested to see you." The doctor was shocked, and
wondered who would say something like that during a heart attack.
When he entered the
room, his eyes immediately filled with tears. He went to the patient’s side and
fell crying in his arms. It was the man who had took him in. It was the man who
had fed him for years and years. It was the man who had paid him enough so that
he would be able to attend medical school. It was the man who was the dad he
never had.
He helped the owner get
better and get back to his feet. When the owner returned home he came to a
stack of bills and his heart started to race again with stress. When he started
to open the bills one by one he saw that they all said $0.00. He was very
confused. He finally opened the last envelope which contained a letter. The
letter was written out "To: The Best Dad Ever."
The guy was confused but
continued to read. The letter was a letter of appreciation for everything the
owner had down for the kid. The kid explained he had paid off all the owner's
bill. Furthermore, there was a check in the envelope for $100,000. This was so
the owner could finally retire since everything is paid for and spoil himself a
little. That is when the owner realized the circle of life.
The Owner and the Kid
(Source: StaticFlickr)
Authors Note:
In
the original story, there is an elephant that has a splinter in his foot. He is
hurting when he comes across a few carpenters in the forest, who help the
elephant get the splinter out of his foot. Then the elephant decided to assist
the carpenters in order to repay them for their generosity by cutting down the
trees. The elephant then had a child and taught the child how to help the
carpenters because he was getting too old to help them himself. The carpenters
would feed the baby elephant and take care of the baby elephant. The baby
elephant would play with the carpenter’s kids on his down time, and made good friends
with them. Then finally one day, the king was strolling by when he saw the white
baby elephant. He was so astonished by its beauty that he paid the carpenters a
good amount for the elephant. He then took really good care of the elephant. The
carpenters helping the elephant, the older elephant helping the carpenters, and
then the baby elephant helping the carpenters came full circle when the king
took care of the baby elephant. My story is based on this but in human form. A
child needs help and the owner helps him. In the end the owner needs help and
the child helps him.
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