A truth came later...

Once upon a time, in a small town in Europe, there were two orphans whose parents died early, the brother was a 9 year-old boy, he had chestnut hair and a slim figure due to malnutrition, but he was really kind and agile. His younger sister was 6 years old, she was cute and docile, she really loved her brother - her only relative in this world.

Every day, the boy took his little sister along the streets to shine shoes for a living, some days if they had lots of shoes to shine they were full, however, some days they weren't.

One day, after a hard working day they were caught in heavy rain, unfortunately, the sister fell seriously sick, with a very high fever. The brother was nervous, and he wanted to buy the medicine for his sister but he didn't have enough money. His brain was constantly thinking, while his feet brought him to the front of the only drug store in town, he hesitated for a while until a old man came out and asked "How can I help you?"

The little boy replied "I want to buy the medicine for my little sister, she was ill, but I forgot money at home, can you gave me the medicine first and I shall get you the money later" .

The Old man replied without hesitating "Sure".

After having the medicine in hands, the brother quickly ran home, and gave the medicine to his sister.

One day, two days, three days later, the sister was better, but still no money was given to the old doctor.

A month later, also on a rainy day, two kids ran through the rain and stopped in front of a familiar drug store. An old man came out, without waiting the boy held out the wet coins and gave them to the man

"I'm really sorry to keep you waiting until today" said the boy.

After listening to his story, the doctor understood everything, he was truly touched by their toughness, the brother's love for his little sister, and the most important was the good nature of the boy. The doctor decided to adopt them and they lived happily ever since.