The Kind Waitress
Every evening
at six
o’clock an old man
goes to a restaurant near his house. He eats dinner . After dinner, he drinks
coffee and talks, to the people at the restaurant .
The old man’s
name is Bill .Bill eats at the restaurant every evening because he is lonely.
His wife died, and he has no children .
Every evening
the same waitress brings Bill his dinner. Her name is Cara. She is 17 years
old.
Cara is kind to
Bill. She knows he is lonely, so she talks to him . If Bill is late for dinner ,
she calls him on telephone . “ Are you ok?” she asks him.
One evening
Bill doesn’t come to the restaurant . Cara calls him, but he doesn’t answer the
phone . Cara calls the police. “ Please go to Bill’s house ,” Cara tells the
police.
Later the
police call Cara at the restaurant . “ Bill died in his sleep,” the police tell
her . Bill was 82 years old.
A week later, a
man comes to the restaurant. “ I have something for Cara ,” the man says. The
man gives Cara a check for 500,000 dollar . The money is from Bill.
“ This money is
for m?” Cara asks the man. “ Yes” the man answers. “ But . . . Why ?” Cara asks
the man.
“ Bill liked
you ,” the man says . “ You were kind to him ”.