An Especially Bad Day

Most days that I beg, there is enough for me to buy food for myself, but today, people just didn't seem to very much for an old cripple like me. Person after person walked past me without even giving me a second glance! The ones who did looked at me as if I was completely worthless, and they hurried to get past me. There were only a few who helped: an old woman past by and dropped a few coins in the jar, and a high ranking official. Everyone praised him for his deed, but when I looked at what he gave me, it wasn't enough to buy even bread! I am sure that man had more than enough money to help someone like me out, but he only did it to be praised by those around him! I was both shocked and angered, and I cannot understand what would make a man do something that cruel. Luckily for me, when my friends came back and saw how little I had, they pulled money from their own pockets. I desperately lied to myself that I would somehow pay them back, knowing full well that I wouldn't be able to.