The Brick That Stopped a Jaguar
Story★★★★A successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something.
As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag’s side door! He slammed on the brakes and drove the Jag back to the spot where the brick had been thrown. The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car, shouting, “Just what the heck are you doing?”
The young boy was apologetic. “Please mister ... I’m sorry ... I didn’t know what else to do,” he pleaded.
“I threw the brick because no one else would stop ...” “It’s my brother,” he said.
“He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can’t lift him up.” Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, “Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He’s hurt and he’s too heavy for me.” Moved beyond words, the driver lifted the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair and watched them head for home.
The point
A man's anger at a brick thrown at his Jaguar turns to compassion when he learns the boy threw it to get help for his disabled brother.