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Bobby and Sam are not only best friends, they are brothers. They were also each others’ counterpart. Sam was a real good person; every weekend he would help out at the homeless shelter. Bobby, he’s a different story. Unlike Sam, instead of helping the homeless, he beat them up and took what little money or food they had.

One day Sam and Bobby were on their way to the supermarket to pick up some food or whatever they wanted to take to the homeless shelter.
“I’m going to use the ten dollars mom gave me to buy some food and supplies for the homeless shelter. What are you going to do with your ten dollars?” Sam asked his brother.
“Golly gee Sam! I think I’ll put my money in the shelter’s mission box!” Bobby answered with a sarcastic tone in his voice.
“Wow! That's really nice of you,” Sam said completely oblivious to his brother’s sarcastic tone.
“Wow! That's really nice of you,” Bobby said mocking Sam. “Oh come on! Your such a goody two shoes. Did you really think I would waste ten buckaroos on some hobos. Man, I’m getting junk food and comics. Now that's the best way to spend your money. More bang for your buck!” said Bobby smiling and nodding his head. Sam said nothing to his brother’s remarks; he just frowned and shook his head disapprovingly.

After getting what they wanted from the supermarket, Bobby and Sam walked towards the homeless shelter. Bobby groaned the entire way because he did not want to go. A few blocks from the homeless shelter they ran into Henry, a seventy-two year old vagabond. Sam gave him some money and a sandwich. Bobby decided to stay back to “help” Henry. Once Sam rounded the corner, Bobby started to beat up Henry. When he finished and was on his way to the homeless shelter, Bobby realized that what he did was wrong. He went back out to the alley he had left Henry in. Not to his surprise Henry was still there.
“Henry,” Bobby started, “ will you forgive me? What I did was wrong. Let me help you to the shelter.”
“Wells you be forgiven. But the one you shoulds be asken forgiveness from bes God, not Henry ,” He said as Bobby helped him off the ground.
“Your right Henry,” Bobby answered him.

A few minutes after Sam and Bobby left the shelter, they passed their church.
“Hey Sam, can we stop in for a moment. I need to talk to God,” Bobby asked.
“Sure. I have all the time in the world when it comes to God,” Sam answered Bobby with a surprised look on his face. The reason he was surprised was because Bobby didn’t like going to church. As they entered the church, Bobby put some money into the mission box and went to kneel in front of the alter.
“God, please forgive me for all the times I beat up the homeless and poor,” Bobby prayed. Bobby went on praying for about ten to fifteen minutes then got up to go.
“Come on Sam, lets go home.”
“Okey dokey, smokey!”
“ Don’t ever say that again,”Bobby said nudging Sam in the shoulder.