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An old gentleman who lives a few doors away
from me can always be seen with a bag. He goes out by himself and picks up
plastic bottles, plastic bags and pieces of paper everywhere. He does it all
carefully and never complains.
The children in the nearby school are probably
responsible for some of that litter. "There will be some time when they
know better," he said. "It's just not yet. So, I'll do it for them.”
Well, this morning I was out walking my
neighbour's dog when I saw another neighbour, a much younger man, doing the
same thing! He had his two little sons with him and they were having good fun
trying to pick up the litter.
"What a good job you
are doing," I said to him. "Well, an older fellow in our street does
this," he said. "And my friend and I thought it wasn't fair that he
had to
do it all the time, so now we take turns."
Not only was he taking a turn, not only did he
have a friend join in as well, but he was passing on the lesson to the next
generation!
By the time I had returned the dog to my
neighbour, I looked again and his children's friends had joined in!
This man was teaching a whole group of young
children to keep their own street clean. An older man had set an example for
him and now he was passing it on-the next generation(一代)
is doing what he did!