A touching story

A true story. Names are withheld for privacy.

There was once this young boy about 4 years old who could not converse well with others, only guttural noises and simple words. for a long time his parents tried to teach him how to speak.

one day this uncle of his came and offered him a sweet. the boy accepted the sweet and ate it on the spot. after he finished, he asked for a second one, to which the uncle gave it to him.

to everyone's astonishment, he offered the sweet to his twin sister... everyone was so amazed by his action.

to even greater astonishment, the sister bit half of the accepted sweet and offered the other half back to him.

the uncle then decided to try again. he took 2 lollipops and hid one behind his back. he then offered the sweet to the boy. after accepting the first lollipop, the boy wanted another lollipop.

as predicted, the boy offered the second lollipop to his sister...

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