One day a well-dressed woman was walking down the street when she spied a beggar sitting on the comer near a cafeteria. He was elderly, unshaven, and in 1. Pedestrians walked by giving him2 looks. Clearly they wanted nothing to do with him. She 3and looked down. “Sir?” she asked. “Are you all right?”

    Thinking that she would make 4 of him, like so many others had done before, he told her to leave him alone. However, to his5 the woman continued standing.

    Anyhow, with some 6the woman got the man into the cafeteria and7him at a table in a remote corner. She stared at him8“Jack, do you remember me?” Old Jack 9 her face. “I think so — I mean you do look 10”

    The woman recalled what she 11 when she graduated. She tried looking for a job, but without luck. Cold and12she got to this very cafeteria,13to get something to eat. Later on she found a job,14 her way up and eventually started her own 15.

    Jack 16 with a smile, saying it was he who made her the biggest sandwich.

    In the end, she 17 her purse, pulled out a business card and promised to help him financially18 he got on his feet.

    Jack thanked her with watery eyes. The woman held his hands and said, “Don't thank me, Jack. Without you, I wouldn't have 19 so much.”

    In life, one never expects how a small act of 20 changes another soul.