While I was in Durbar Square a little boy came up to me and asked for two ice cream. At first I had no clue what he was talking about until I saw an ice cream cart and then I immediately knew that he wantedid ice cream. After minutes of perseverating I finally gave in and bought the boy ice cream. He spoke English very well for his young age, he could count to 10 and, of course, ask for ice cream.
After touring Durbar with an older friend from my volunteer program who is from Austria, we headed back but got separated on the way due to the copious amounts of people. We both knew our way back and were fine on our own but I still didn’t like the idea of being alone in the city. I took the cheap, but crammed, bus ride back and stopped at a grocery store on the way to buy some drinks, snacks(shrimp flavored crackers and weird popped sunflower seeds) and a Kit Kat.
On my walk up to the house from the store, I accidentally took the wrong turn and ended up going too far and passing a bunch of kids swinging on a bamboo swing. The kids saw me and ran to me asking for money and I said I don’t have money but I have something else and then I gladly gave them the Kit Kat. Two of the boys took the Kit Kat and left the two girls with nothing. I felt bad that they did not get anything so I walked them about 100 meters to a local store to get them a Kit Kat too. They spoke English and asked me my name, where I’m from, etc. I have been so shocked by how much English the kids know.
They were so thrilled and I was even more thrilled that I was able to make their days better, even if it was such a small act of kindness. What seemed like a wrong turn quickly turned into something special. As I wandered back down the streets looking for my way back home, I saw them again all cheerful and giggling. It turns out I didn’t take a wrong turn, I just passed my turn and walked too far by 50 feet, but those 50 feet made all the difference in my day and theirs.
