Kindness and Candy

By Estelle and Georgia Carr

I was shopping at the mall with my mom. I saw a little boy trying to get candy from a special kind of vending machine, one where you grab pieces of candy with a “claw.” He could not get any candy because he did not know how to move the claw over to the candy. His sister tried, but she could not make it work either. So they walked away with big frowns and no candy.

I walked over to the machine, moved the claw, and picked up two pieces of candy. The little boy was watching me from behind a toy machine. At first I thought about keeping the candy, but I knew it was really the boy’s candy because he had paid for it. So I walked over to him, knelt down, and offered him the candy. He took it and went away with a big smile.

I was glad that I could help him, and I felt really good because I knew that I had done the right thing.

Estelle Carr, age 9, is a member of the Cedar Rapids First Ward, Cedar Rapids Iowa Stake.

Illustrated by Pat Hoggan