An Apple A Day
In 1945, there was a young
boy of 14 in a concentration camp. He was
tall, thin but had a bright
smile. Every day, a young girl came by on
the other side of the
fence. She noticed the boy and asked him if he
spoke Polish, and he said
yes. She said he'd looked hungry, and he said
he was. She then
reached in her pocket and gave him her apple. He
thanked her and she went
on her way. The next day, she came by again,
bringing with her another
apple which she gave him. Each day, she
walked by the outside
of the fence, hoping to see him, and when she did,
she happily handed him
an apple in exchange for conversation.
One day, he told her not
to come by anymore. He told her he was being
shipped to another concentration
camp. As he walked away with tears
streaming down his face,
he wondered if he'd ever see her again. She
was the only kind soul
he'd seen across the fence.
He made it out of the concentration
camp, and immigrated to America. In
1957, his friends had
fixed him up on a blind date. He had no idea who
the woman was. He
picked her up, and during dinner began talking of
Poland and the concentration
camp. She said she was in Poland at that
time. She said she
used to talk to a boy and gave him apples daily. He
asked if this boy was
tall, skinny and if he had told her that she
shouldn't come back because
he was leaving. She said yes.
It was her, the young girl
who came by every day to give him apples.
After 12 years, after
the war and in another country.....they had met
again. What are
the odds? He proposed to her on that very night and
told her he'd never again
let her go. They are still happily married
today.
Now that, my friends, is
a love story. Miracles do happen, and there is
a greater force at work
in our lives.
Author Unknown