A school bus driver notices a little boy crying in the backseat of his bus and spends his last dollar to aid him, not knowing his kindness will soon find its way back to him.
The frigid weather and cold winds made Derek shiver as he opened the bus gate, and a swarm of cute little kids in warm outfits boarded the bus.
“Get in quick, kids! The weather’s killing me! Grrr…” he shivered, and the youngsters laughed.
“You’re so silly, Derek!” chirped a little girl as she got in.
“Ask your mommy to get you a new scarf!”
“Oh, sweetie, I wish my momma was alive. She’d get me a prettier scarf than you have! I’m so jealous!” he said with a pout, making the girl smile.
“Mommy gets me the best scarves!” she said.
“I will tell her to get one for you!”
“Oh, no, no, darling. I was just kidding! Get in, get in.
I gotta drive carefully today.”
That’s how Derek was. A chubby, sweet man who always had a big fat smile on his face when he drove the school bus.
The kids’ warm laughs and silly giggles made his day, and he loved his job, despite the not-so-handsome salary, which often initiated arguments between him and his wife.
“It pays you peanuts!
Do you realize that? We can’t afford to pay off the mortgage if you stick to that job in this inflation,” she’d yell.
“Darling,” he’d politely reply. “You know how much I love what I do.
I’ll work hard, and everything will work out for us, promise!”
But when Derek was alone on his bus after dropping off the kids, he’d be sad, thinking about his problems and contemplating solutions. He was a nice man, but goodness doesn’t pay the bills. Does it?
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Due to the thick ice on the road that day, Derek drove his bus slowly and carefully.
He didn’t want to be stuck in the middle of the road on the ice.
When they arrived at school, he told the kids to be careful getting down. “Don’t slip and hurt yourselves on the ice, guys! Careful, Milly!”
As the little kids left the bus, Derek decided to get a nice cup of warm coffee from the cafe across the school.
“Coffee would be the best antidote to the cold weather!” he thought excitedly.
But as he was about to get down, he heard a soft sob and stopped. That’s when he peered into the last seat of his bus and realized a kid was still there.
“Hey, kid,” he called out to the little boy. “You ain’t going to class today?”
The little boy sobbed and shook his head.
“What’s the matter, kid?
Are you alright?” he asked, approaching him.
Derek noticed the boy was hiding his hands behind him. “What are you hiding there, buddy?” he asked. “Is something bothering you?
You can tell me what it is. I’ll help you!”
“Is…it’s just so cold out there,” the boy said finally. “I am just cold…”
With that, the boy showed his hands to Derek, which terrified him.
The little kid’s hands were freezing and had turned blue from the cold.
Derek quickly took off his gloves and made the boy wear them. “Look, I know they’re too big for you, buddy, but they’ll keep you warm. Did you lose your gloves?”
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