There is a little story about maternal love.

1February 1994, the northern German city of koblenz was still in the world of ice and snow. Etro Orphanage is located on the Rhine River, with high courtyards standing silently in the snow. This morning, 50-year-old Mother Teresa of the orphanage went out on business. When she walked to the gate, she suddenly vaguely heard the baby crying. She followed the sound and found a baby boy with golden hair in the bushes at the door. The nun took him in and named him Derby.

In a blink of an eye, seven years later, Derby grew up healthily in the orphanage. He is kind-hearted, but somewhat melancholy. When the weather is fine, the nuns take their children through the Woods and take a walk on the grass by the river. People in the town near the Woods pointed to them and said to their children, "These children were abandoned by their parents. If you don't obey, you will be sent to an orphanage! " "

After hearing these words, Derby was very sad. He couldn't help asking the nun, "Mammy, why didn't my parents want me? Don't they love me? " Derby's voice is full of confusion that is not commensurate with his age. The nun asked in surprise, "What makes you think so?"

"Everyone says that we are all children abandoned by our parents." Derby replied. The nun comforted him: "Although I have never met your mother, I believe she must love you. There is no mother in the world who doesn't love her children. Your mother must have been very helpless when she abandoned you. " Derby didn't speak, but he seems to have suddenly grown up a lot since then. He often stands alone at the window of the orphanage, overlooking the Rhine River outside the window. The quietly flowing river took away Derby's thoughts of his mother.

On Mother's Day in 2003, the warm atmosphere of the festival rekindled Derby's strong desire for his mother. On that day, every TV station was broadcasting programs to celebrate Mother's Day. They filmed the children's love for their mothers on Mother's Day. There is a 6-year-old boy who is sweating to help his parents mow the grass. His mother looked at her son with tears in her eyes. Derby said to the nun, "I want to help my parents, too!" " Do you know where they are? "

The nun was silent. I haven't heard from Derby's parents for years. Derby ran into the street sadly. There are so many mothers in the street, but none of them are his. Looking at the bustling crowd, Derby cried.

A few months later, 9-year-old Derby left the orphanage to study in a nearby primary school. Once in class, the teacher told the students a story: "In ancient times, there was an emperor who fell in love with the game Go and decided to reward the inventor of the game. As a result, the inventor's wish was to ask the emperor to give him a few grains of rice, put one grain of rice in the first grid, two grains of rice in the second grid, double the third grid to four grains of rice, and so on until the chessboard was full. The result is finally 18000 trillion grains of rice, which is equivalent to 10 times of the world's total grain. "

This story suddenly made Derby shine. He thought that if he helped one person and then asked him to help another person 10, and passed on his love in this incremental way, maybe one day the person who was helped would be his mother. Derby was very excited about the idea. Since then, every time he helped others to do a good deed, when others thanked him, he always said, "Please help another person 10, that is the greatest thanks to me!" People who have been helped by Derby are full of gratitude to this kind child, and they are even more shocked by Derby, a special way to convey love. They helped 10 people again, as if they had fulfilled their promises, and told the people they helped 10 people. In this way, an invisible network of love quietly spread among the citizens of this city ... 10 the magic of good things.

Derby never imagined that he had helped Rick, a famous German program host, and became a celebrity in Germany.

Rick is a senior talk show host on German TV. Although he is 50 years old, his calm typhoon and humorous language make him the most popular host in Germany. His programs usually expose so-called celebrities mercilessly and ruin the reputation of those celebrities who are hypocritical and demeaning in private. Maybe it's because he sees too many dark sides of society, maybe it's because TV stations are fiercely competitive and have great work pressure. In 2003, Rick suffered from depression. It is almost impossible to continue working. On June+10, 5438, Rick asked the TV station for a one-year long vacation, hoping to relax and recover from the trip. Soon, Rick came to Derby's city, and he was deeply attracted by the beautiful scenery of the Rhine. In the evening, he walks alone along the river. Suddenly, he had a heart attack and fainted on the ground before he could take the medicine out of his pocket. Thanks to Derby, who was fishing by the river, he found Rick fainted in time. He called the hospital and asked Rick to go to the clinic for emergency treatment.

Rick finally woke up after being rescued. When he learned that Derby had saved him, he held Derby's hand and said gratefully, "Son, how can I thank you?"? I can give you a lot of money if you need it. " Derby shook his head and said, "If you can help 10 people in need, it will be my greatest thanks!" "Rick asked puzzled," but do you really want nothing? " Derby smiled and shook his head and refused.

Rick was attracted by this strange boy. He left Derby's contact information and drove him to school. When Rick left, Derby told him again, "Please do what you can 10!" Rick looked down at the dribbling boy, a hot heart, nodded seriously.

Rick found the hope of life at this moment, and Derby made him feel the beauty of life. Since then, he has earnestly fulfilled his promise and helped 10 people. Every time he helps others, he feels very happy, especially when others sincerely say "thank you" to him, and he feels that his life is particularly valuable. He ended his half-year holiday and returned to work early. All colleagues were surprised to find that Rick had changed. He became optimistic, cheerful and helpful.

10 The magic of good things changed Rick, and his depression miraculously recovered. June 5438+February 2003 1 was the first night when Rick's talk show was relaunched. Rick stood in the middle of the studio in high spirits and told his experience to the national audience. "I have told so many other people's stories before, but today I want to tell my own story ..." He finished 65438+ with tears in his eyes. Please also help 10 people, and your life will have a wonderful feeling. "

Through radio waves, Rick's programs spread to thousands of households in Germany. People were deeply moved by this story, and many people immediately called Rick and said that they were very willing to do 10 charity. Some viewers strongly demanded that Derby be invited to the studio. They want to know about this caring boy.

In June 2004, Derby was invited to the studio. A live audience asked him curiously, "Why do you have this idea?" Derby blushed. He bit his lower lip hesitantly and then expressed his thoughts. No one expected that a child loves his mother so deeply that many adults are busy with vanity fair all day and have long forgotten their mother. Derby's words touched the softest and most human part of people's hearts, and many live audiences were in tears.

Rick hugged Debbie's thin body tightly and said, "Your mother will love you very much, and you will find her!" " "The love of millions of mothers.

There is an upsurge of "doing 10 good things" all over Germany. People who used to be indifferent have turned into people, and people are looking forward to helping Derby's mother.

Derby's image and voice appeared on the streets of Germany, and his story was widely known. At the same time, the TV station stepped up its search for Derby's mother, but Derby's mother did not appear.

In February 2004, an even more unfortunate thing happened to this kind boy. In Derby's school, most students are children living in slums, and some children joined the underworld at an early age. After Derby became famous, he was targeted by those bad children. They think the famous Derby Marseille must have a lot of money. On the night of February 16, 2004, Derby was surrounded by a group of hooligans on his way back to school. However, they didn't find any money in Derby, and the angry hooligan stabbed Derby with a dagger.

Derby's abdomen and liver were punctured, and he was seriously injured and fell in a pool of blood. It was not until two hours later that the patrolling police found him and took him to the hospital. In the hospital, Derby, who was in a coma, kept mumbling, "Mom, Mom ..."

The TV station broadcasts Derby's illness 24 hours a day, and everyone who cares about Derby is praying that he will wake up. Dozens of college students came to Alexandria Square and joined hands in a heart. They shouted, "mom, mom!" " "This cry touched passers-by, and they joined this" heart "with red eyes. As the number of people increases, this heart becomes bigger and bigger.

What is even more touching is that within two hours after Derby was stabbed, the TV station received calls from hundreds of women, expressing their willingness to be Derby's mother. Lida, a professor at Munich University, choked and said, "I am proud to be a good boy like Derby and his mother." Talina, 35, called many times and said: "I have no mother since I was a child, and I am very eager for my mother. I can understand the feeling of Derby very well. " A woman named Judy called from koblenz. Her child disappeared a few years ago. She has been looking for the child and said emotionally, "If my child misses me like Derby, I feel so happy. I hope I can be the mother of Derby and love him sincerely with a mother's heart! " Thousands of phone calls flocked to TV stations, and thousands of mothers expressed their most sincere and urgent feelings: let me be the mother of Derby!

But Derby has only one mother, and the TV station can only choose one person as Derby's mother to take care of him. Time is pressing. After heated discussion, it was agreed that Judy should be Derby's mother, because she lives in the city where Derby is located, and her accent is the same as Derby's, which will make her feel closer.

On the morning of February 6, 2004, Debbie opened her eyes. Judy appeared at Debbie's bedside with a bunch of beautiful lilies, holding his little hand and saying, "Dear Debbie, I'm your mother." Derby seems to see the sun. His eyes suddenly lit up and he said in surprise, "Are you really my mother?" Judy nodded with tears, and everyone present nodded to Derby with a smile. Two lines of tears rolled down from Derby's eyes: "Mom, I've been looking for you for a long time! Would you please never leave me again? "

Judy nodded and choked, "Don't worry, mom will never leave again." Derby's pale face smiled. He wants to say more, but he has no strength. This is the last day of Derby's stay on earth. His hand kept holding Judy's hand and refused to let go. He doesn't want to close his eyes. He wanted to see his mother one more time, and none of the medical staff present shed tears.