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LOST
AND FOUND
When
I was walking down the street the other day, I happened to notice a
small black leather wallet lying
on the sidewalk. I picked it up and
opened it to see if
I could find out the
owner's name. There was nothing
inside except some change and
an old photograph---a
portrait
of a woman and a young
girl about twelve years old, who looked like the woman's
daughter. I put
the photograph back
and took the wallet
to the police station,
where I handed it
to the desk sergeant. Before
I left, the sergeant took down my name
and address in case
the owner might want
to write and thank
me.
That
evening I went to have dinner
with my aunt and uncle. They had also
invited a young woman
so that there would be
four people at the table.
Her face
was familiar. I was quite
sure that we had met
before, but I could
not remember where
I had seen her. In the course of the conversation, however,
the young woman happened to say
that she had lost
a wallet that afternoon. All
at once I remembered
where I had seen her.
She was the young
girl in the photograph,
but she was now much older.
She was very surprised, of course,
when I was able
to describe her lost
wallet to her. Then I explained that
I had recognized her from
the old photograph I had seen in the wallet. My uncle insisted
on going to the police
station immediately to claim
the wallet. When the police sergeant handed it over
me said that it was an unbelievable
coincidence that I had not
only found the wallet, but
also the person who had lost it.
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