Yemi, the only child of his parents was a hardworking boy, who went to the forest to cut some firewood everyday for him to sell to people, before going to school. He was from a very poor family; his Dad was a farmer, while his Mom was a petty trader.
One advise Yemi didn't ever forget was, "Never stop being kind to everyone, because it will come back to you." It was the saying of his parents. He applied the good act by giving some money to the beggars on the streets from the little money he made from selling firewood.
One day, he went into the forest to get firewood as usual. As he was about to go, he heard someone crying for help from distance. He dropped his firewood and took the adjacent road where there was a stream.
As he approached there, he halted and observed it was an old woman. She had injured her leg after mistakenly stepping on a trap.
"Please, help me! Someone, please, come to my rescue! My leg, ahh," she screamed as tears flowed freely from her eyes.
Yemi looked around and saw there was no one there. He thought for a second to run back to his work, because he was afraid; but then, he remembered his parents' saying to show kindness to everyone he comes across.
When he remembered, he went to meet the old woman. He removed the trap from her leg, took a nearby bowl to get some water from the stream, which he used to wash the blood on her leg, then took his napkin from his pocket to bandage the cut.
"Ah, thank you, my son," she said after being relieved of the pain. "What do you come to do in this forest?"
"Mama, I come here to cut firewood and sell to people before going to school. I do this because I am from a poor family."
"Really? Hmm, I have a little gift for you, because of your act of kindness towards me," she untied a small clothing and took out a diamond. "Take, my son. When you get home, put it in the largest bag you have in your house. When it is seven o'clock in the morning, open it."
Yemi collected the diamond, thanked her, went to carry his firewood and ran home to do as the old woman instructed, before going to school.
At seven o'clock the next morning, he opened the bag he kept the diamond in, and to his greatest surprise, it was loaded with money. The diamond had converted into its value in cash. Yemi scurried away to meet his parents to come and see what had happened. That was how Yemi became the rich young boy and changed the fortune of his family.
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Apata Victor
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