omeless Man

aron Von Lodge was the head of a small country known as Lilliland near Switzerland. The time was the early 1900s.

A year after their trip to Paris, the Baron and his fiancée Lady Angela of Alpine Castle decided to make a return visit.

The trip was going well, the weather was fine and both the Baron and Lady Angela enjoyed walking around Paris. They found the shops interesting and particularly enjoyed looking at all sorts of fascinating items.

One afternoon, after lunch, the Baron and Lady Angela decided to take a walk around the park. In a quiet part of the park as they stopped to look at some beautiful flowers, they heard a strange noise. It was coming from under some old dilapidated cardboard box. Suddenly, to their surprise, from the under box a man appeared.

The Baron was startled at seeing the apparently homeless man. The Baron was quite saddened by the experience. After returning to the hotel, the Baron excused himself early and cancelled dinner. Why, in such a beautiful city like Paris, should there be such a lost soul, as the homeless man appeared to be.

The next morning the Baron spoke with Lady Angela. He asked he if she had ever seen any homeless people in Lilliland. Lady Angela said that if someone was homeless in Lilliland the social workers tried to locate any relative and have the person stay at a modest hotel. Lilliland is very different from Paris, in that if a person were trying to live outdoors would probably freeze to death because of the cold climate and the Alpine Mountain weather.

Upon their return home the Baron had a special meeting with the social workers to make certain that if a homeless person was located they would be given warm clothing, hot meals and could sleep in a warm bed until a relative was located.

The Baron concluded by saying that the mark on any great society or government was the manner in which they cared for those who were going through hard times in their lives.

The people of Lilliland knew that the Baron took his position very seriously and truly cared for his people.