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The Flowers Part 2
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He saw a flower shop and went inside to wait in line.
When the shop owner asked if he could help him, Bobby
presented the dime and asked if he could buy one flower
for his mother's Christmas gift. The shop owner looked
at Bobby and his ten cent offering. Then he put his hand
on Bobby's shoulder and said to him, "You just wait
here and I'll see what I can do for you."
As Bobby waited, he looked at the beautiful flowers and
even though he was a boy, he could see why mothers and
girls liked flowers.
The sound of the door closing as the last customer left
jolted Bobby back to reality. All alone in the shop, Bobby
began to feel alone and afraid.
Suddenly the shop owner came out and moved to the counter.
There, before Bobby's eyes, lay twelve long stem, red
roses, with leaves of green and tiny white flowers all
tied together with a big silver bow. Bobby's heart sank
as the owner picked them up and placed them gently into
a long white box.
"That will be ten cents young man."
The shop owner said reaching out his hand for the dime.
Slowly, Bobby moved his hand to give the man his dime.
Could this be true? No one else would give him a thing
for his dime!
Sensing the boy's reluctance, the shop owner added, "I
just happened to have some roses on sale for ten cents
a dozen. Would you like them?"
This time Bobby did not hesitate, and when the man placed
the long box into his hands, he knew it was true.
Walking out the door that the owner was holding for Bobby,
he heard the shopkeeper say, "Merry Christmas, son."
As he returned inside, the shopkeeper's wife walked out.
"Who were you talking to back there and where are
the roses you were fixing?"
Staring out the window, and blinking the tears from his
own eyes, he replied, "A strange thing happened to
me this morning. While I was setting up things to open
the shop, I thought I heard a voice telling me to set
aside a dozen of my best roses for a special gift. I wasn't
sure at the time whether I had lost my mind or what, but
I set them aside anyway.
Then just a few minutes ago, a little boy came into the
shop and wanted to buy a flower for his mother with one
small dime. When I looked at him, I saw myself, many years
ago. I too was a poor boy with nothing to buy for my mother
on Christmas. A bearded man, whom I never knew, stopped
me on the street and told me that he wanted to give me
ten dollars. When I saw that little boy tonight, I knew
who that voice was, and I put together a dozen of my very
best roses."
The shop owner and his wife hugged each other tightly,
and as they stepped out into the bitter cold air, somehow
they didn't feel cold at all.
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