Diego Gustavo woke up to a bright and beautiful day. He had a wheel barrow which he uses to assist traders and other people ferry their goods around the ancient Orange market. Whenever he rendered assistance to someone especially one that requires transporting goods from one location to the other, he was usually paid for the service. He did this so well and gradually earned a living from it. Before he goes out for his daily adventure, he made it a routine to says few words of prayer to God.
One Afternoon, having 10 Denarii which was not sufficient enough to but him lunch, he became hungry. The restaurant nearby was not one that offers food for at such a low price. He thought about what he could do to have good food in his stomach. Just then a thought flew through his medulla oblongata. The money with him could get him some snack and water(H2O). Knowing this was a good idea, he leaped for it. On this adventurous quest, he met a customer that was familiar with the services he rendered. The offer from the trader this time was mouth-watering. The Gold merchant from the neighbouring community had need of some items from the market. He had offer to give Diego 100 Denarii, if he rendered some assistance. This was not a bad offer after-all. So, Diego did not reject it. He rendered his service and got additional Hundred Denarii. Now he had 110 Denarii in his pocket. A fellow who appeared in beggarly attire soon approached him to ask a favour. He as he struggled to think, an ugly thought came to him suggesting not to pay attention to the poor beggar. His resolve was to render assistance to the beggar. While he gave the beggar some financial raise, he was left with only Seventy Denarii.
As he looked ahead of him, he found a pretty lady selling biscuits and some other petty items. When he reached her shop, he was not hesitant to greet the trader. Nancy's manners were questionable. She looked at him with disdain and ignored his purpose for stopping by but Diego never took it to heart. The money with which he was to buy the biscuit had long fallen off his pocket without his knowledge. He quickly demanded biscuits and sachet water. As she stretched her hands towards him with the items he requested, Diego felt the need to hurry move closer to help ease the stress she was to go through reaching him with the snack. He was very hungry and as such he opened the biscuit and started eating before paying for it.
He had hardly finished chewing his first bite when Nancy ask for payment. She said "pay me for the items you have just received" in a rather harsh tone. Diego not willing to start a fight tried to reach for the money but it was long gone. He was dazed. Just then Nancy started screaming "you just have to pay me my money". He lost words to explain what had happened to him. He could only say "I had money in my pocket but I do not know what happened". The money had fallen off while trying to render financial aid to the beggar.
Nancy, not willing to listen to excuses, rushed into the shop to grab the bucket of water she had earlier left from laundry activities. He threw the water at Diego Gustavo. He became wet from top to bottom. He was speechless. While this went on, a good Samaritan came to his rescue. He asked what had transpired among them. After Nancy explained, the good Samaritan offered to pay Diego's debt but condemned the act of throwing water at Diego.
Diego rolled away his wheel barrow. When he got home, he quickly narrated his ordeal to God and got relieved. As he was rolling his wheel barrow to the market square few days after, he saw a young lady running towards his direction. She could barely move uprightly. Her feet had sustained injury from running through a bushy path. In no fewer time, she fell from her exhaustion of the energy inherent within. Diego rushed to help her. Upon arriving the spot, he beckoned on passer-by to assist in getting the weary lady to the near-by clinic. While being examined, she the healthcare practitioner that a group of men had chased her with Cutlasses. Upon seeing Diego and other passers-by, the bandits fled for fear of being recognized and apprehended. His courageous gesture had rescued her from the bandits. When she discovered that it was the young man that threw water at previous encounter, she felt sobbed She immediately apologize but Diego's response was "do not worry about our first encounter. What is more important is that you have been saved from the hands of those bandit". She vowed never to put up such attitude to strangers and other customers in the nearest future.
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