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A young man standing afar off on a street noticed an older man walk past him. For no apparent reason, his attention was fixed on the man and he kept watching as the older man straddled with an imperfect balance along the street. He realized the older man was walking towards a ditch but thought to himself, surely, this man either wanted to dispose of refuse or ease himself, he hastily concluded that the older man had an intent and a purpose for heading towards the ditch. As the older man got closer to the ditch, the young man watched in horror as the man fell in. The young man quickly went to the older man's aid, but instead of offering help, he scolded the older man for being careless and making a fool of himself. He said, “Sir, you should have watched where you were going, you just embarrassed and made a mockery of yourself, surely if you were drunk, you should have stayed at the parlour until you were a bit sober, now look at you, you are quite a mess”. However, there was another woman nearby, who saw the older man walking earlier from her balcony, and motioned swiftly to lock her door, called her gateman to please open the gate, the guy dragged his feet a bit, she stepped out of the gate and hurried towards the old man. Her first phrase to him was “Sir, where is your stick? Don’t you have a helper, I’m sorry this happened to you” Of course, the young man looked at the lady, surprised at her reaction. The older man motioned for both of them to help him whilst uttering 3 simple words – I am blind.

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