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                                                     She smiled and then said, ‘A beggar changed my life.’
                                                     I was absolutely dumbfounded  and she could see it.
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                                                     ‘Yes, a beggar,’ she repeated, as if to reassure  me. ‘He was
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                                                old and used to stay in front of my house with his five-year-old
                                                granddaughter. I used to give my leftovers  to this beggar every
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                     They were laughing,        day. I never spoke to him. Nor did he speak to me. One monsoon
                         clapping and           day, I looked out of my bedroom window and started cursing the
                      screaming joyously,       rain. I don’t know why I did that because I wasn’t even getting wet.
                       as if they were in       That day I couldn’t give the beggar and his granddaughter their daily

                           paradise.            quota of leftovers. They were hungry, I am sure.’
                                                     ‘However, what I saw from my window surprised me. The

                                                beggar and the young girl were playing on the road because there
                                                was no traffic. They were laughing, clapping and screaming joyously,
                                                as if they were in paradise. Hunger and rain did not matter. They
                                                were completely drenched but totally happy. I envied their zest  for
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                                                life.’
                     9.  made speechless with
                       surprise                      ‘That scene forced me to look at my own life. I realized I had

                    10.  make somebody less worried  so many comforts, none of which they had. But they had the most
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                    11.  food that has not been   important of all assets,  one which I lacked. They knew how to be
                       eaten                    happy with life as it was. I felt ashamed of myself. I even started to

                    12.  keen interest; enjoyment  make a list of what I had and what I did not have. I found I had more
                    13.  things of value        to be grateful for than most people could imagine. That day,



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