According to a story reportedly written by Leo
Buscaglia, "On a cold day in December, some years ago: A little boy, about
10 years old, was standing before a shoe store on the roadway,
barefooted, peering through the window, and shivering with cold.
"A lady approached the young boy and said, 'My, but you're in such deep
thought staring in that window!'
"'I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes,' was the boy's reply.
"The lady took him by the hand, went into the store, and asked the clerk
to get half a dozen pairs of socks for the boy. She then asked if he could give
her a basin of water and a towel. He quickly brought them to her.
"She took the little fellow to the back part of the store and, removing
her gloves, knelt down, washed his little feet, and dried them with the towel.
"By this time, the clerk had returned with the socks. Placing a pair upon
the boy's feet, she then purchased a pair of shoes for him.
"She tied up the remaining pairs of socks and gave them to him. She patted
him on the head and said, 'No doubt, you will be more comfortable now.'
"As she turned to go, the astonished child caught her by the hand, and
looking up into her face, with tears in his eyes, asked, 'Are you God's
wife?'"
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