T&T: A Brother like that

[John Buckwalter]

Paul received an automobile from his brother as a Christmas present.  On 
Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office, a street urchin was 
walking around the shiny new car, admiring it.

 

"Is this your car, Mister?" he asked.  Paul nodded.  "My brother gave it 
to me for Christmas."  The boy was astounded.  "You mean your brother 
gave it to you and it didn't cost you nothing?  Boy, I wish......." He 
hesitated.  Of course Paul knew what he was going to wish for.  He was 
going to wish he had a brother like that.  But what he the lad had to 
say jarred Paul all the way down to his heels.

 

"I wish," the boy went on, "that I could be a brother like that"  Paul 
looked at the boy in astonishment, then impulsively he added, "would you 
like to take a ride in my automobile?"

 

"Oh yes, I'd love that."  After a short ride, the boy turned and with 
his eyes aglow, said "Mister, would you mind driving in front of my 
house?"  Paul smiled a little.  He thought he knew what lad wanted.  He 
wanted to show his neighbors that he could ride home in a big 
automobile.  But he was wrong again.

 

"Will you stop where those two steps are?" the boy asked.  He ran up the 
steps.  Then in a little while Paul heard him coming back, but he was 
not coming fast.  He was carrying his little crippled brother.  He sat 
him down on the bottom step, then sort of squeezed up against him and 
pointed to the car.  "There she is, Buddy, just like I told you 
upstairs.  His brother gave it to him for Christmas and it didn't cost 
him a cent.  And some day I'm gonna give you one just like it... then 
you can see for yourself all the pretty things in the Christmas windows 
that I've been trying to tell you about."

 

Paul got out and lifted the lad to the front seat of his car.  The 
shining-eyed older brother climbed in beside him the three of them began 
a memorable holiday ride.

 

That Christmas Eve, Paul learned the true meaning of "It is more blessed 
to give.."

 

This was copied from the internet years ago and is My Holiday Wish for 
the World is That We all Could be Brothers Like That.

John