There once lived a man in a small shed with broken windows. The man did not go out very often, so his neighbors thought that he was a bad person. The same noise could be heard every day. First, the sound of meat cooking, then water, and then it became very quiet. As the years went by, there was less and less noise coming from his house, and the neighbors began to wonder what had happened. 

                                    Exposition    

One day, a young boy knocked on the door of the shed with a box of cookies in his arms. There was no sound. Then, he knocked again. Finally, there was a click and a pop, and the door opened. A skinny man in his sleeping clothes looked down at the young boy. 

“Hello.”

“Nice to meet you kid." said the man.

The young boy gave the old man the cookies, and walked away.

                                                      Inciting Event

    The man sat down in his old chair with the box of cookies. He decided to read a book while he was eating the crunchy cookies. 

“Mmmh?”

He felt paper in his mouth. It was a piece of paper with words on it. It read: Treat your neighbor with kindness and respect as any good person would (Walker). He looked at the paper for a minute, and stayed awake during the night thinking. 

    Not able to sleep, the man looked for a book to 

read from his bookshelf. After an hour of reading, one of the things he learned was that doing work will mostly decide who someone might be (Doriani). The next day, he decided to start by helping out his neighbors with chores.

Rising Action 1

The man helped out by cutting grass on the old neighbor's front yard. He thought, "I should thank the little boy for giving me those cookies when I see him again." The neighbor guessed what the man was thinking. "The boy is sick. Visit him later. But you are good. Find the right view in life and stick on your path" (Bodhi). 

"What does that mean?" said the man. 

"You will not know what I mean until you try to 'understand' the correct way yourself (Hanh).

The old man asked the man, "What is your name?"

Rising Action 2

After thinking for a while, the man replied.

"My name is Oskar."

Looking at him closely, his face had a few marks. He was not too big and not too tall. He had a tired look, like he did not get enough sleep.

"Sit down." Oskar sat down on the wooden chair

Then old man then went into his house and got a cup of warm coffee for the younger man to drink.

"Where did you serve?" asked the old man.

The man almost spit out the coffee

"How did you know?" said Oskar.

"I have met one person just like you a long time ago."

Rising Action 2(continued)

    Oscar did not say anything. He made a serious face and looked at his coffee.

The old man said, "N-Never mind. We can talk about that another day." Oscar finished drinking and stood up. 

"I will come back for more coffee next time. Thank you."

The old man gave him a small box of fruits before he left.

    Oscar walked around the village. There was a farm, and he wanted to see some animals. He had a pet dog a long time ago.

Rising Action 2(continued)

Oskar walked around the farm. He saw many vegetables and fruits, a lot of food. There were tomatoes, cabbage, and cucumbers. 

"STOP!" a voice shouted. "THIEF!"

Oskar did not know who was the thief. "Where?" he asked.

"You should live a life you would be proud of. Don't steal other peoples' things without asking them!" (Rahula). Oskar tried to tell the man that he was not trying to steal, but the farmer was speaking too loud to hear.

"Maybe if you lived life and used good ideas everyday, you would be a better guy!" (Kramer). 

Rising Action 3