One day an old postman knocked on the door of a house and said, take your letter. On hearing the voice, a girl’s voice echoed from inside. I am coming, wait. But when no one came for 5 minutes, the postman said again, is anyone there, take your letter, I have to go to many other places. The girl’s voice came again. Uncle postman, if you are in a hurry, put the letter inside from under the door, I am coming, it will take some more time. The old postman said, this is a registered letter, it needs someone’s signature too. After about 10 minutes the door opened, the postman was very angry but as soon as the door opened, his anger subsided. A little girl who did not have one leg was standing in front of him. The girl very innocently asked for her letter from the postman. The postman quietly gave the post and went away after taking her signature. That handicapped girl often stayed alone in her house. Her mother was no more and her father was away from home for work.
A maid used to stay with her at home every morning and evening to take care of her.
Time passed. Every month or two, when the post would arrive for the girl, the postman would call out and would stand at the door patiently until the girl would come to the door.
Slowly, the friendship and emotional attachment between the two grew.
One day, when the girl looked at the postman carefully, she found that the postman had no shoes on his feet. He would always go barefoot to deliver the mail. Once, when the postman came to deliver the mail during the rainy season, his footprints were left. She measured those footprints on a paper and sent her maid to get shoes of that size.
On the festival of Diwali, everyone would give gifts to the postman. Taking the gift, the postman went to meet the girl and also took a chocolate to give to the girl.
When he reached her house, he gave the chocolate to the girl and said, “Take this chocolate from your poor uncle.”
The girl was very happy and asked the postman to wait for some time. After some time, she came and gave a box to the postman and said, “Uncle, this is a Diwali gift from me. Take it to your home and open it.”
When the postman opened the box after reaching home, he was surprised that a small girl could be so concerned for him. There was a pair of shoes in it for the postman.
The next day, the postman requested the postmaster to transfer him to another area.
When the postmaster asked the reason for this, the postman told the whole story while crying. “Sir, that small handicapped girl gave shoes to my bare feet, but how will I be able to give her my feet?”
After saying this, the postman started crying bitterly.
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