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A smiling moment

This morning I went to a local bakery and bought my favourite bread for breakfast as usual. That is not the story of this post, by the way. But when I returned to the parking lot nearby, an exciting moment just caught my attention.

A family of a husband, a wife and a small daughter were standing in front of the shop. They were scanning on some cakes. "Why don't we get in?" asked the husband. His wife did not answer but looked curious. "Do you think this shop is expensive?" she returned a question. "Yes, the cake could cost us as high as $10 or our meals for two days," he guessed with a sad impression.

They stood still. But the little daughter cried for getting closer to all those cakes. They could not resist but let their little angel guide them into the shop. Shortly, they came out with a small birthday cake. I did not know to whom the cake was for, but I saw the little girl keeping her eyes on it as her father was carrying.

They all smiled and so did I. But the security guard did not as he wondered of what I was doing!

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