Our daughter has a conscience and after noticing my glutton like behavior right in front of some destitute children she admonished me and urged us to buy some food for them.
So I did and decided to hand it out to a string of homeless adolescents lining the street. Big mistake - I got mobbed.
Kids with energy to rival Pele leaped out of nowhere and yanked at the food bags before I even had a chance to organize.
The ferocity with which some of the elder kids jostled for contact and the prize at the expense of weaker kids was at once disgusting and understandable.
But my height gave me some advantage and I did make sure that the shy and not so quick children also were fed.
That done as we headed away I got yelled at by some ancient ladies under a tree who felt cheated by not being offered any food.
They had a loud carrying voice that let it be known they too were hungry and that for them age was a handicap.
Well - I will think about this another day.
So I did and decided to hand it out to a string of homeless adolescents lining the street. Big mistake - I got mobbed.
Kids with energy to rival Pele leaped out of nowhere and yanked at the food bags before I even had a chance to organize.
The ferocity with which some of the elder kids jostled for contact and the prize at the expense of weaker kids was at once disgusting and understandable.
But my height gave me some advantage and I did make sure that the shy and not so quick children also were fed.
That done as we headed away I got yelled at by some ancient ladies under a tree who felt cheated by not being offered any food.
They had a loud carrying voice that let it be known they too were hungry and that for them age was a handicap.
Well - I will think about this another day.
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