The Old Man at the Station Piano

They Thought He Was Homeless Until He Played The old man in the torn coat sat down at the station piano. And people laughed. Hey! That's not for you. Move along. Only one little girl stopped. She held out half of her sandwich. He took it with shaking hands. Thank you. Would you like a song? Then he started to play. The whole station went quiet. People stopped running for their trains. Even the guard took off his cap. An old woman whispered. I know that music. I heard him play it forty years ago, in the concert hall. He had been a famous pianist. Then he lost his wife, his home, and stopped playing. When the last note ended, the station exploded into applause. Someone filmed it. A week later, he was back on a real stage. With one guest in the front row. Half a sandwich changed everything. Comment KINDNESS.