The Rarest of All Gifts
I cannot validate the source of the photograph of the little boy. Two links came up in a search, but nothing really concrete to establish if it is genuine. So, I can only assume that it has some truth behind it.
If it is real, then I thought that the juxtaposition with the story of the 20 year old (which is genuine) says a great deal about how divided humanity is today and the vast degree of separation and kindness between the haves and the have nots. See:
https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/2wfl16/this_child_offers_to_share_a_lollipop_with_the/
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