Dorcas the kind hearted girl
Dorcas was a good girl from an interior village struggling to survive and make her poor family proud. After High school she left the village to acquire skills. She went through a lot from the place she was getting the skill because the woman incharge hated her so much. God came through for her by sending an angel in human form to rescue her.
There's this customer that always patronise the shop where she was getting the skill, the man was rich so that man adopted her to be his daughter.
After seven years she graduated from the university as a lawyer.
Dorcas went for her youth service, she was posted to an rural area where one chief in that village has been witch-hunting the people so Dorcas with the help of her law knowledge liberated the people from the hands of the chief of the village. She was honoured and given a name Eagle Gold from another land.
*Dorcas the Kind Hearted Girl*
Dorcas lived in a small compound in Owerri, at the end of Wetheral Road. The compound had 6 houses, one shared tap, and mango trees that dropped fruit every rainy season.
Everyone in the compound knew Dorcas. Not because she was the loudest. Not because she had the newest clothes. But because she had the kindest heart.
Dorcas was 12. She had big eyes, small braids, and shoes that were always a little too big. Her parents sold akara and pap by the roadside. Money was tight. But Dorcas never acted like she lacked anything. Because she had something most people didn't have: kindness.
*1. The Bread and the Boy*
Every morning at 5am, Dorcas would help her mother fry akara before school. She'd pack 2 pieces in nylon and take them to school.
One Monday, she saw a boy in her class sitting alone. Emeka. New student. His uniform was faded and his eyes were red.
"Why are you not eating?" Dorcas asked during break time.
Emeka looked down. "I forgot my food."
Dorcas didn't think twice. She broke her akara into two and gave him half.
"Eat," she said. "My mom will fry more tomorrow."
From that day, Emeka and Dorcas became friends. And every day, Dorcas made sure no one ate alone.
*2. The Market Rain*
On Saturdays, Dorcas followed her mother to Relief Market to help sell akara. One Saturday, rain fell hard. People ran. Stalls were closing.
An old mama was struggling with her basket of tomatoes. The rain was washing them into the gutter.
Without thinking, Dorcas dropped her own tray and ran to help. She held the umbrella over Mama's head with one hand and used the other to pack the tomatoes back into the basket. By the time they finished, Dorcas was soaked. Her own akara was ruined.
Mama touched Dorcas' cheek. "God bless you, my daughter. What's your name?"
"Dorcas," she said, shivering.
"Kindness will find you too, Dorcas," Mama prayed.
Two weeks later, that same Mama came to their stall. She bought 50 pieces of akara and paid for 100. "For the girl with the kind heart," she said.
*3. The Sick Neighbor*
In their compound, there was Papa Chinedu. He lived alone. His children were in Lagos. He was old and his legs were swollen.
Most people just greeted him and passed. But Dorcas didn't.
After school, she would sweep his veranda. She'd fetch water for him. She'd sit and read her Bible to him because his eyes were weak.
"Why are you doing this for me?" Papa Chinedu asked one day.
"Because Jesus said to love our neighbor," Dorcas said simply. "And you're my neighbor."
When Papa Chinedu got very sick, Dorcas told her mother. Her mother cooked pepper soup and Dorcas took it to him every night for 2 weeks. She also used her savings — 1,200 naira she had kept for new sandals — to buy him drugs.
He recovered. And on the day he was strong enough to walk again, he gathered the whole compound.
"This girl," he said, pointing at Dorcas, "saved my life. Not with money. With heart."
*4. The Test*
One day, Dorcas' teacher announced a test. The best student would get a new school bag and books. Dorcas wanted it so badly. Her own bag had a hole and she was tying it with rope.
She studied hard. Prayed hard.
On the day of the test, she saw Emeka crying outside the class. His pen had finished and he didn't have another one. The exam was about to start.
Dorcas had only one pen. Her best pen.
She looked at Emeka. She looked at the classroom.
Then she broke her pen in half and gave him one side. "We'll share," she whispered.
They both wrote with half a pen.
Dorcas didn't come first. Emeka did.
But when the teacher was giving the prize, Emeka stood up.
"Please ma," he said. "Dorcas gave me her pen. If not for her, I wouldn't have written. She deserves this more than me."
The whole class clapped. The teacher smiled and gave Dorcas the bag too. "Kindness and excellence can live together," she said.
*The Ending*
Years passed. Dorcas grew up. She went to school, worked hard, and opened a small shop. She still helped people. Still shared. Still visited Papa Chinedu till he passed at 89.
One day, a big car stopped in front of her shop. It was Emeka. He was now a doctor.
"Dorcas," he said. "Do you remember the akara?"
She laughed. "How can I forget?"
"God used your kindness to keep me in school," he said. "Today I want to bless you." He handed her an envelope. Inside was enough money to expand her shop.
Dorcas cried. Not because of the money. But because she remembered what Mama in the market said years ago: _"Kindness will find you too."_
In Owerri, people still talk about Dorcas. Not because she was rich. Not because she was famous.
But because she was *Dorcas the Kind Hearted Girl*.
And the world was softer because she was in it.
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