FRIENDS
Samuel Walter Foss was walking in New England one hot day. He had walked 24 miles and he was weary. The shade of a tree looked inviting and so did a sign hanging from one of its limbs. It said, “There is a spring of good water inside the fence. Drink if you are thirsty?” Foss went in and drank. Then he saw another sign on a nearby bench. It said, “Sit down and rest if you are tired?” While resting, Foss saw a third sign on a basket of apples that said, “If you like apples, help yourself?” An old man came along and Foss asked him about the signs. “Well?” said the old man, “we had the water going to waste and we thought it would be a good thing if we could get some thirsty travelers to drink a little of it. Then this is a pleasant spot to rest in and mother reminded me of this old bench that…
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