Helping Others
Helping Others "Ring....ring...." the bell rang, signaling dismissal time. Everyone cheered. Kate, Patricia and I always go home together. We take the same bus everyday and alight at the same bus stop as we are neighbours and classmates. Today, it was raining so we took out our umbrellas and walked briskly out of the school gate. As we were walking towards the bus stop, we saw an old woman. She was going in the opposite direction. We had sympathy for her. She had been out collecting pieces of cardboard in the rain without an umbrella. She was trying to push her trolley as fast as she could in the rain. The old lady was old and had a hunched back. Her hair was white and her arms and legs were as thin as rakes. Our hearts ached with pain to see her in the rain. We wanted to lend her our umbrellas, but she had already walked past us. Hence, we continued walking to the bus stop. Suddenly, Patricia turned around and ran as fast as she could! We saw her use her umbre