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"Is this your car, Mister?" he asked.
Paul nodded, "My brother gave it to me for
Christmas."
The boy looked astounded. "You mean your
brother gave it to you, and it didn't cost you
anything? Gosh I wish. ."
He hesitated, and Paul knew what he was going
to wish. He was going to wish he had a brother
like that. But what the lad said 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 added, "Would you like a ride in my
new car?"
"Oh, yes, I'd love that!",
After a short ride the urchin 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
the lad wanted. He wanted to show his neighbors
that he could ride home in a big automobile.
But Paul was wrong again.
"Will you stop right where those 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 polio-crippled brother. He sat down on
the bottom step, then sort of squeezed up right
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
someday 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 little lad into the
front seat of his car. The shining-eyed older
brother climbed in beside him and the three of
them began a memorable holiday ride.
That Christmas Eve, Paul learned what Jesus
meant when He said, "IT IS MORE BLESSED TO
GIVE..."
**Author Unknown**
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