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The sun rises and the day begins, Roger gets out of the bed and goes to the bathroom to take a hot and relaxing shower. Haphazardly, he realizes it’s Saturday morning of the last week of the month. He gets in his shiny car and starts driving with glee to the street where he first met Mrs. Jones. 20 years ago, since she forgave him, he has been thinking of a small but important life lesson which she taught him in her tiny room. And 5 years ago, he decided to find Mrs. Jones to show her how much he had grown up physically and mentally since he stopped stealing things. Continuing with his day after a while of thinking, he gets out of his car and starts walking on the hot and smelly street peacefully observing every single person carefully. …show more content…

What if I hadn’t seen those blue shoes? Standing still in front of the store’s little door he keeps thinking and realizing, even more, how grateful and generous Mrs. Jones had been. “Excuse me,” an old woman says. “You are blocking the door!” “Sorry,” he says immediately and suddenly, he recognizes the woman’s loud but nice voice. Roger turns around to see her face. In the next moment, he is grabbing the woman’s arm tightly who seems to be astoundeD. He finally found Mrs. Jones. “Thank you M’am,” he says with tears in his eyes. “I don’t think you remember me, but you changed my life entirely” “Who are you? What are you thanking me for?” asks the woman, looking up at the man curiously. “As a young man, I admired things that I could not have. A pair of blue suede shoes was one of the things that I wanted. So I tried to steal an enormous purse of a stranger to get money to buy the shoes…. However, that stranger became a very significant person to me since she showed me such kindness and generosity. ” “Mrs. Luella Bates Washington Jones, I finally ran into you again,” cries the man, who is grabbing the woman’s arm even more tightly with glee in his

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