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Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together．However, I was not thinking about the golden chain when I had to help people who 1 their way and parked in front of my house．
I was growing tired of helping so many people．Almost every 2 I was awaken during a sound night’s sleep and had to 3 someone out．Many times I was 4 by some penniless motorists who did not even thank me for the help that they received and some even complained that I could have done 5 ．
One day, a young man with a week－old beard climbed out of a 6 automobile．He had no money and no food．
He asked if I could give him some 7 , offer him gasoline and a meal．I told him that if he wanted to work for me, he could cut the grass, but 8 the work wasn’t necessary．
Though sweaty and hungry, he worked hard．After working all day, he sat 9 to cool himself．I thanked him for his work and gave him the money he 10 ．I then offered him some 11 money for the task particularly well done, but he shook his head, 12 ．
I never saw him again．He probably thought I helped him out that day, but that is not the 13 it was．I didn’t help him, whereas he helped me to 14 people again to repay their trust in me．He helped me to once again want to do something for those who are 15 ．I wish I could thank him for 16 some of my belief in the basic 17 of others and for giving me back a little of the 18 I had lost．Because of him, I once again felt myself part of a golden chain of kindness that 19 us to others．
I may have fed his body that day, but he fed my 20 ．
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