About life experiences of people I met Part-2

I met Mr.D _________, who is working in a company which is visited.

          He ran away from home, when he was a child if about 10 years old due to poverty at home.

He was found by an old man in a street in a town at which he landed. The man offered him tea and bun and later took him to his home. He told the old man that he was an orphan. The old man, he took him under his wing. He was a trader in straw      (fodder to cattle). The boy grew up to become a good helper, later a vehicle cleaner, then he got a driving license and became a heavy vehicle driver and went round the whole of south India. Got reunited with his parents. Got a job in a public sector undertaking. Is married and has children.

          One incident he described was particularly disturbing, the lady who was the wife of the old man (merchant) never fed him well and he went hungry to sleep on many days. Later, the other drivers took pity upon him and created a credit arrangement for feeding with a nearby restaurant. He can eat; they will pay when they come back from duty.

          At the verandah floor, everyday she would just put something to eat in a plate and kick the plate with her foot to the boy. She would then go away into the house. The boy would eat whatever she had served. Then he could not ask for more. as she would disappear into the hinter most part of the house.

          There was another boy also, as a helper, who used to steal and eat. Mr. D_______ never did that. He was honest.

          My eyes were moist, when I heard this story. What terrible experience! This should never befall any child.