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A Stranger Working Hard

A STRANGER WORKING HARD A MAN HELPED ME OUT WHEN I WAS IN DOUBT SCARED TO DEATH I FELT THE CAR WRECK AT MY FEET YET HE WAS AT MY WINDOW ASKING ME IF I NEEDED A RIDE I GOT OUT OF THE VAN MY HEART STOPPED BUT NOT FAR HE PUT MY GROCERIES IN HIS TRUCK I STILL FELT STUCK YET HE SAID HELP YOU OUT HE TALKED TO MY INSURANCE COMPANY FOLLOWED ME TO A MECHANIC AND THEN DROVE ME HOME HE DIDN’T STOP THERE HE CALLED HIS WIFE HE SAID I KNOW SOMEBODY BECAUSE THE PLACE I TOOK IT TO DIDN’T DO THAT WORK AND GIVE ME YOUR NUMBER TO FIX MY VAN HE CAME THE NEXT DAY AND HELPED ME UP INTO HIS TRUCK WE WENT AND LOOKED HE SAID GIVE ME 7 TO 10 DAYS BUT HE COULDN’T BE RUSHED HE HAD OTHERS TO DO BESIDES HE HAD MY VAN TOWED HE THAN TOLD ME WE ARE ON A ROLL EACH DAY WENT BY I WORRIED HE GOT ME A RENT - A-CAR IN A HURRY HE ASKED TO CALL HIM LATER AS HE WENT ONE STEP FUTHER HE CALLED ME A FEW DAYS LATER AND SAID ALL THE PARTS WEREN’T IN BUT TOLD ME TO RENT A CAR AGAIN HE SAID HE WOULD TAKE CARE OF IT WHILE HE WAS FIXING ALL OF IT HE SAID HE WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE IT IN 10 BUT HE DECIDED TO GO GET THE PARTS HIMSELF LATER THE NEXT DAY HE CALLED AND SAID I’M BRINGING THE VAN TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON HE TOLD ME SINCE HE WAS LATE TO NOT PAY HIM IN FULL BUT I FELT HE DESERVED MORE A STRANGER WORKING HARD PUT OUT ALL HIS CARDS JUST TO GET IT DONE, NOW EVERYONE ASKING WHERE I HAD IT DONE I HAVE HIS CARD TO HELP HIM CARRY ON THANKING HIM ONCE AGAIN By: Shawn Jones 11/12/09 To: Specialty Paint Works Inc. Thank you so ??.

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