forgoing $100.....hope i did the right thing

this morning i was at fajar wet market when i spied some rolled fifty dollar notes on the floor. there must be at least two notes, which means a sum of one hundred dollars. although there were other people around, they did not seem to notice it. that should say something about the eyesight of an almost senior citizen.

i did not pick up the money. instead i directed the attention of the young man who was helping out at the florist stall to the money. he picked it up without any hesitation.

i was thinking to myself: if i took the money, the person who had lost it would most probably never see the money again. but if the stallholder kept the money, should the person come searching for her money, hopefully, he might return it to her. ( i refer to the person who dropped the money as 'her' because men do not normally rolled the notes in that manner.)

i have lost a fifty dollar note before. of course, i was upset over the loss but i consoled myself by telling myself that at least i would make somebody's day - the person who found it.

when i was in primary two, i found a one-dollar note on my way home from school. i was so happy over the find that i called on my close friend, who lived near the place where i found the money, and shared the princely sum with him.