Friday, May 20, 2022

A Rose for Mother

 

A man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers to be sent to his mother who lived two hundred miles away.  As he got out of his car, he noticed a young girl sitting on the curb, sobbing.  He asked her what was wrong and she replied, "I wanted to buy a red rose for my mother.  But I only have seventy five cents and a rose costs two dollars."  The man smiled and said, "Come with me.  I'll buy you a rose."  He bought the little girl her rose and ordered his own mother's flowers.

As they were leaving, he offered the girl a ride home.  She said, "Yes, please!  You can take me to my mother."  She directed him to a cemetery where she placed the rose on a freshly dug grave.  The man returned to the flower shop, cancelled the wire order, picked up a bouquet and drove the two hundred miles to the mother's home.

(Author unknown)

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