Hi, I’m Fhirrun and I love to cook. But what I like most, is eating all kinds of dishes. So I was very happy today, when I was given to Andy. Andy lives in Rotterdam. We went grocery shopping together, to make a dish for Andy’s ill mum. Andy wanted to help her out, since she wasn’t able to cook for herself today.

We walked to the supermarket together. Once there, we first went to take a shopping cart. We had to wait because the person in front of us was trying to find the right coin in his wallet. It was an old man. I think he must have been around 80 years old. Unfortunately he didn’t have the right coin for the cart. He was a little confused and looked at us and mumbled that he was going to grab a shopping basket that could hopefully carry all his groceries. Andy didn’t reach for his wallet. Instead he had a keychain with two coins hanging on it. He took one of the coins and put it in the shopping cart. While we were walking towards the entrance of the supermarket, Andy stopped. He took the other coin from his keychain and handed it to the old man. The man looked surprised, but was also happy that he was able to get a shopping cart himself.

I couldn’t stop smiling once inside the supermarket. All that food, just to grab. We don’t have something like this in the world I came from. In my world we have to search all day to have the right ingredients to make a nice dish. But here in the supermarket we could take anything we want. I was feeling really happy. We took some vegetables, pasta and a bottle of tomato sauce. Andy also took some deserts and something to drink. At the checkout I became less happy, since I saw Andy’s face. The groceries were quite expensive. Andy didn’t count on that, but he paid for the groceries and we walked out of the supermarket.

Near the exit we bumped into the old man we met before. He smiled at Andy and asked him if he wanted to have his coin back. Andy smiled back and answered: ‘No, thanks. You may keep it. It’s yours now and you can use it every time you need a shopping cart.’ The old man was very happy to hear that and he offered Andy some fruits in exchange for the coin. He said that he got the fruit in discount. He had bought twice the amount he needed and hopefully he could do something back for the help. Andy smiled at the old man and refused kindly, because he did a little good deed for the man and he didn’t want anything in return. ‘Perhaps you can give it to someone who needs it more than me’, Andy said to the old man and we walked away, back to his mother’s house.

Andy made a nice pasta dish and his mother was very happy to have dinner together. The pasta smelled really delicious. I would have loved to eat a bite, but unfortunately -in this state of mine- I can’t. We had a nice time together and it was a positive day for all of us. Andy did two good deeds in one day. I wonder whom I will spend the day with tomorrow.