Poor Boy Pays for Blind Older Lady’s $3 Bus Fare, Her Son Tracks Him Down the Next Morning — Story of the Day

Out of kindness, a poor boy steps in to help a blind older lady who lost her wallet and cannot afford the $3 bus fare. Little does he know her son would track him down the next morning.

The moonlight peeped in through the cottage window, dimly lighting the room, and Oliver lay in his bed, engrossed in his book, when he suddenly heard his Grandma Anges’ voice.

“Oliver, dinner’s ready, hun,” she said. “Quick, boy!”

“Not now, Grams!” Oliver sighed. “I was at the climax!”

Oliver was curious as he flipped to the next page of his book in the dim light of the candle on his bedside table. He didn’t want to stop reading there. But he closed the book anyway and went downstairs for dinner.

Oliver was a bookworm as far as storybooks were concerned. He read them every night before dinner, on the way to school on the city bus, and whenever he could.

His family was small, and so was the cottage where he lived. Grandma Agnes and his little sister, Eve, made Oliver’s family. His mother had passed away years ago due to cancer, and his dad had walked out on them after that.

As Oliver sat at the dinner table, everyone held hands, said a brief prayer, and began eating. His mouth filled with food, he sputtered as he spoke about the detective story he was reading, then wiped his mouth with his sleeve and continued telling the story with all his heart.

Agnes felt sorry for Oliver when she heard him talk enthusiastically about the books he read. They were poor, and she knew the money she gave him for lunch was spent on those books instead. The boy was cutting on his food, and that hurt Agnes.

At one point, Agnes wanted to look for another job so Oliver wouldn’t have to skip his lunch, but Eve was young and needed someone to look after her, and Agnes’ health wasn’t in the best shape. So she smiled with a heavy heart every night as Oliver narrated the stories he read. She wished she had been a better grandmother.

That night, after everyone finished dinner, Oliver helped Agnes clean the table, then returned to his books and dozed off while reading.

The next day, on the bus, Oliver was reading his storybook again when he heard a noise and looked up. He saw the bus driver yelling at a woman wearing thick, black glasses while she was pleading with him to let her ride the bus.

“I even forgot to bring my cane, sir! I was in a hurry,” she told the driver. “Oh, thanks to those kind souls who helped me get...