Well-Dressed Little Girl Digs through Restaurant’s Trash, Owner Sees It and Follows Her — Story of the Day

A restaurant owner sees a neatly dressed girl digging through the trash near his luxurious establishment and follows her. What he discovers in the process leaves him teary-eyed.

“Make sure the leftovers are sorted and placed in the bin behind the restaurant. Is that clear, Chef Smith?” Jack Monfield ordered his head chef.

“Yes, Mr. Monfield,” Chef Smith nodded. “I’ll see to it that it’s done as you requested.”

Jack Monfield had ordered his staff to dispose of all leftovers in a special bin behind the restaurant for the homeless after the day’s business. He’d done it after seeing a group of homeless people outside his restaurant, looking for food from passers-by who never bothered to help them.

However, one evening, when Mr. Monfield was about to leave the restaurant, he noticed a well-dressed girl digging through the trash. She wore a pretty white frock with matching shoes, definitely not how a typical homeless would be dressed.

She doesn’t appear to be a homeless person or a needy child. What exactly is she doing there? Mr. Monfield’s head ran through the strangest suspicions at her sight. He wanted to approach her and ask what she was doing there, but he had to hurry because he had some urgent work to complete. But the girl returned the next day, and the next, and Mr. Monfield noticed she had been visiting the place for days in a row. She’d come with a huge bag, fill it with leftovers, and then run away.

Curious as to why she kept doing that, Mr. Monfield decided to follow the girl one day. He sat in his car and drove slowly behind her as she happily strolled through the streets with the huge bag in her tiny hands.

After a few minutes, she entered a narrow lane where Mr. Monfield’s car couldn’t go. So he got down and continued walking behind the girl who came to a halt in front of an abandoned old house. She left the bag containing the food on the doorstep, rang the doorbell, and then ran away.

Mr. Monfield hid behind a wall, waiting for someone to come out of the house. About 10 minutes passed, but nobody answered the door.

Thinking nobody was staying there, he motioned to leave, but just then, a boy stepped out of the house with a dog. He was dressed shabbily and appeared frail. He opened the bag of...