The Gift of Charity

Both the woodsman and seamstress were very skilled at their crafts. Yet they found it hard to make enough money for food and other things needed to survive. So, dear wife, how did you do in the village today? Surely a crowd of people lined up to buy your beautiful clothes. Not today, my husband. I sold just one handkerchief. The rest I gave away to a poor man who had the worst cold. He was sneezing and sniffling and couldn't scrape together enough pennies for something to wipe his nose. Well, that was kind of you, my dear. But then, you've always been the most generous woman I've ever known. That