One winter evening, Kelly was walking home from her favorite bookstore. She had bought two cookery books and three art books, and couldn't wait to get home to read them in front of a warm fire.
"I read a lot, and love the pleasure of reading something that I want," she said. But when she reached into her pocket, she realized that her wallet was gone. She looked around and started to retrace (折回) her steps.
"I'm down on my hands and knees, looking in the gutters (排水沟) around the streets. I go back and forth. My wallet is nowhere," she said.
She went back to the bookstore, but nobody had turned it in. Kelly walked home hopelessly and was about to cancel her credit cards when an email appeared. It was from a man named Adam, who said he had found her wallet.
Through a name card, Adam found a way to contact Kelly and gave her his phone number and home address. Kelly had a taxi sent to Adam's house and 20 minutes later, a small brown paper bag arrived on her front steps.
"The loveliest detail is that when I'm digging the wallet out of the bag, I suddenly find Adam has dropped a bar of chocolate at the bottom, which he can not have possibly known is my favorite," Kelly said.
The kindness of Adam's gesture has stayed with Kelly. She decides to look for chances to pass it on.
