"Aunty... Aunty... please..." pleaded the boy at the lady walking out of the Temple. Reaching her scooter, parked on the other side of the road, she opened the storage box, then her purse, took a rupee coin and gave it to that small boy, who is not even 10 years old.
The other corner of the road is where the kid's mother and grand-mother were sitting, with another kid, probably his kin.
What do you see this as? Charity OR Guilty
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| the scene narrated |
BLUNDER because, we (offerers) are unknowingly teaching the kid
-- to Beg
-- to be Lazy
TERRIFIC BLUNDER because, we are unknowingly NOT making him know the VALUE OF LIFE & MONEY
What happened after that,
I stopped that lady, and said, "Please don't give him this money. If you want, give him some Biscuit or Foods, that you may have. Or tell him not the Beg."
You may tell me, the need of that hour for that Kid is Money. But, it did not look like that to me, when I saw his easy looking parents not even watching what he is doing.
Am I wrong?
