The family spent their day off on the beach. Children swam in the sea and built sand castles. Suddenly a little old woman appeared in the distance. Her gray hair fluttered in the wind, her clothes were dirty and tattered. She muttered something to herself, picking up some objects from the sand and putting them in her bag. The parents called the children and told them to stay away from the old woman. As she passed by, bending every now and then to pick something up, she smiled at the family, but no one returned her greeting.
Many weeks later they learned that the little old lady had dedicated her entire life to picking up shards of glass from the beaches that children could use to cut their feet.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru