A true story that happened in China. A bus full of passengers was
traveling on hilly road. Midway through the journey, 3-armed thugs
were eyening the pretty woman bus driver. They forced the bus to stop
and wanted to have fun with the driver! The woman driver naturally
shouted for help, but all the rest of the passengers just kept quiet.
Then a weakly looking middle-aged man came forth to ask the 3 men to
stop; but he was instead beaten up.
The man was very angry and appealed loudly to the other passengers to
stop this uncivilized act but nobody responded. And the 3 men dragged
the driver to the bushes nearby. An hour later, the 3 thugs and the
ruffled driver came back to the bus and the driver is ready to drive
off again.... "Hey you, get down the bus!" the woman driver shouted to
the man who tried to assist her earlier on. The man was bewildered and
said: "What's wrong with you? I was trying to save you just now and
was I wrong in doing so?" "You save me? What have you done to save
me?"
The driver retorted, and a few of the passengers were quietly laughing
away. The man was really angry. Even though he did not have the
ability to save her, he should not be given this treatment at all. He
refused to get down the bus and said; "I paid for the trip and I have
the right to remain." The driver put on a grim face and said: "If you
don't get down, the bus will not move on." What was unexpected was
that the passengers, who were oblivious to the barbaric act of the
thugs just now, suddenly woke up and in a concerted effort asked the
man to get down the bus saying:
"You might as well get off the bus, we have things to attend to and
"You might as well get off the bus, we have things to attend to and
cannot afford anymore delays!"
A few stronger passengers were indeed trying to drag the man down the
bus. The 3 thugs were smiling knowingly at each other and commented:
"We must have done a great job to the lady!" After much ado, the man's
luggage was thrown out the bus window and he was ousted out of the
bus. The bus started on its journey again. The driver straightened up
her hair and turned the radio to full volume. The bus was reaching the
hilltop and will go downhill after a turn. The right side of the bus
was facing an unfathomable cliff. The speed of the bus increased
gradually. The driver's face was very calm with both hands on the
steering wheel. Tears started to swell in her eyes. One of the thugs
realized something amiss and said to the driver: "Drive slowly, what
are you trying to do?" The driver said nothing, but the bus traveled
faster and faster. The thug tried to grap hold of the steering wheel,
but the bus shoot towards the cliff like an arrow leaving the bow.
The next day, the local paper reported a tragic accident at the 'Tiger
Taming Hill' region. A medium sized bus fell through the cliff and the
driver and the 13 passengers were all killed. The man who was chased
down the bus saw the paper and cried. Nobody knew what was he crying
about and why he cried!
You know why he cried?If you were in the bus, would you stand up like the man did?
We need people like him to create and sustain a normal society!
When we treat others with our hearts; we will receive warmth and love
from people!
It is a very tragic story. What will you do if you are the bus driver?
Life driven by anger is no life.
