Rose for
Mother
By Anymomous
A man
stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers to be wired to his mother who
lived two hundred miles away. As he got out of his car he noticed a young girl
sitting on the curb sobbing. He asked her what was wrong and she replied, “I
wanted to buy a red rose for my mother. But I only have seventy-five cents, and
a rose costs two dollars.”
The
man smiled and said, “Come on in with me. I’ll buy you a rose.” He bought the
little girl her rose and ordered his own mother’s flowers. As they were leaving
he offered the girl a ride home. She said, “Yes, please! You can take me to my
mother.” She directed him to a cemetery, where she placed the rose on a freshly
dug grave.
The
man returned to the flower shop, canceled the wire order, picked up a bouquet
and drove the two hundred miles to his mother’s house.