Tracy’s Good Deed
Tracy walked down the street wondering how she was going to survive for
the rest of the week. She had so little money left. She had been out of a job
for quite a while now. She had tried very hard to get a job but hadn’t had any
luck yet. She was feeling hungry right now and so she was heading towards a
bakery to see if she could get something to sustain her until lunch time. Maybe
she could get some buns or anything that was filling. As she reached the door
an old lady with a cane was entering the bakery. Tracy entered behind her and
waited as the old lady looked at all the cakes, biscuits, buns and doughnuts
displayed in the glass cupboard.
The
old lady asked the price of the chocolate doughnuts and Fatma, the lady behind
the counter told her the price. The old lady looked disappointed and said, “That
is too expensive for me. Can I please have some buns?”
Fatma
smiled, and said, “Sure.”
Tracy
was looking on all this time. She was making her calculations in her head. Suddenly,
she made up her mind and waited for her turn.
Fatma
put some buns in a paper bag and handed it to her and took the money.
As
soon as the old lady was finished Tracy quickly told Fatma that she wanted two chocolate
doughnuts and some buns. Fatma looked at her strangely but picked up the
doughnuts and put them in a paper bag and put the buns in another bag. Tracy paid
her quickly and almost ran out of the door. Fatma was very much puzzled by her
behaviour and decided to follow her outside and see where she was going.
When
she reached outside the sight she saw brought tears in her eyes. Tracy had
reached the old lady and was handing her over the bag of doughnuts. The old
lady was thanking her and blessing her. After handing her the bag Tracy started
to go on her way. Fatma ran after her.
“Hey,”
she shouted, “come back here, I want to talk to you.”
Tracy
turned around to see who was calling her. When she saw it was Fatma she was
very much surprised and wondered why she wanted to talk to her. Nevertheless
she stopped. Fatma beckoned her to come to her which Tracy did. Fatma took her
inside the shop and turned to face her.
“I
saw what you did there,” she said, “How would you like to work for me?”
Tracy
stared at her in utmost astonishment! She was being offered a job!
Seeing
Tracy’s bewilderment Fatma explained, “You see, I have just fired my salesman. How
would you like to work for me? I saw that you are a kind giving person. I wanted
someone like that to work for me. What do you say?”
Tracy
was delighted.
“Of
course I would like to work for you,” she said, her eyes shining. “It will be
my pleasure.”
And
so Tracy went to work for Fatma. She got a job because of a kind deed she did.
