Bus Driver Spots Girl Trembling in the Cold and Helps Her, 10 Years Later They Meet on the Street — Story of the Day
A bus driver helps a little girl and her dog on a cold winter’s day, and years later, when he falls on hard times, his kindness brings an unexpected reward.
Ben Jameson noticed the old lady and her granddaughter when they became regular passengers on his bus early one fall. The woman was sweet-faced and frail, and the little girl had big blue eyes.
The two were invariably polite and always greeted Ben with a smile. Eventually, they fell to chatting and Ben learned that the old woman, Evelyn, was looking after her granddaughter, Erin, since her mother had moved to another state with her new husband.
Then one day, Ben noticed that Evelyn and Erin hadn’t been on the bus on their usual route to and from the school for a few days. It would be weeks before Ben saw little Erin again. Alone.
Ben was driving through the storm when he saw little Erin in the bus stop | Source: Shutterstock.com
It was two weeks until Christmas and it was one of the coldest days Ben had ever experienced. The snow fell in thick curtains and covered the roads and sidewalks.
There were very few people about and Ben was almost at the end of his shift when he saw a small figure huddled at a bus stop. He drew to a stop and opened the doors, but the figure didn’t move.
Worried, Ben jumped down and approached the figure. It was a child wrapped in an overcoat several sizes too big, and when the figure lifted its head, Ben recognized little Erin, Evelyn’s granddaughter.
“Child, what are you doing here alone?” Ben asked. “Where’s your grandma?”
Ben was a city bus driver | Source: Unsplash
Erin raised those enormous blue eyes and whispered, “Grandma Evie is gone. Mr. Driver, she’s gone to heaven.”
Ben felt a pang of grief for the lovely old lady, and especially for little Erin. “Why are you here, child?” he asked.
Erin unfolded part of the overcoat and revealed a pair of liquid brown eyes, a twitchy black nose, and long silky ears. “Grandma Evie gave me Richie the week before she died, and now my aunt wants me to give him away, but I can’t!”
Erin started sobbing as if her heart would break and hugged the squirming puppy fiercely. “The shelters kill them, Mr. Driver, I saw it on the internet, and I don’t want...