Sign Of Compassion
IllustrationStory★★★★A banker had just turned a man down for a loan, then made an unusual offer. He said to the man, “I have one good eye and one glass eye. If you can tell me which is which. I’ll approve your loan.” The man looked for a moment, then said, “Your left eye is your good eye.” The banker was surprised. “That’s right,” he said. “How could you tell?” The man said, “I detected a hint of compassion in the other eye.”
The point
A banker's quiz about his glass eye reveals compassion in his gaze when a struggling man correctly identifies his good eye through detecting kindness.
Audience
Adults
Tone
Touching · Hopeful · Wise
To tell aloud
under a minute · 82 words