A few short sad stories that might make you cry.

Charity

“The old man, exhausted, stood by the alms box. He took out a bill from the pocket of his vest. He stretched out his hand to the chest, and his eyes fell on the writing on the box: “Charity increases life,” he folded the bill and put it in the pocket of his vest.

Homework Office

“The teacher angrily slammed the notebook on the desk and shouted, ‘Sarah… The girl gathered herself, lowered her head, and reached the teacher’s desk, and said in a trembling voice, “Yes, ma’am? The teacher stared into the girl’s black and oppressed eyes and shouted: How many times should I tell you to write your hardships cleanly and not to tear your notebook black? Huh?! Tomorrow you will bring your mother to school, I want to talk to her about her undisciplined child! The little girl picked up her shivering chin… He swallowed his anger with difficulty and said softly: “ Madam… My mother is sick… But my father said that they would pay him at the end of the month… Then we can admit my mother so that she doesn’t bleed anymore… Then we can also buy formula for my sister so that she doesn’t cry at night until morning… Then he promised that if he had any money left, he would buy me a notebook so that I wouldn’t erase my brother’s notebooks and write in them… Then I promise my hardships… The teacher turned his chair to the board, paused, and said, “Sit down, Sarah…”

Mother’s Eye

“My mother only had one eye. I hated it… She was always an embarrassment to me! She cooked food for teachers and schoolchildren to support her family. One day he came to the school door to take me home, I was very embarrassed, how could he do this to me? The next day, one of my classmates made fun of me and said, “Mom, you only have one eye!” I just wanted to lose myself somehow, I wish my mother would somehow get lost and buried… I told him, “If you really want to make me laugh and make me happy, why don’t you die?” He didn’t answer… I wanted to leave that house and have nothing to do with it anymore! I studied hard and managed to go to Singapore to continue my education, got married there, bought a house for myself, a wife, children, and a life… I was happy with my life, my children, and the comfort I had until one day my mother came to see me… He hadn’t seen me in those years, and neither had his grandchildren… When he was standing at the door, the children laughed at him and I yelled at him about why he invited himself to come here, he was unaware! I yelled at him: How dare you come to my house and scare the children? Get lost here! Right away! He replied softly, “Oh, I’m so sorry, like I came to the address of a bitch and then immediately left and disappeared from view.” One day, an invitation came to my house in Singapore to attend a school reunion party, but I lied to my wife that I was going on a business trip. After the ceremony, I went to our old hut, just out of curiosity. The neighbors said he was dead! They gave me a letter in which he asked them to tell me: “My dearest son, I have always thought of you… Forgive me for coming to your house and frightening your children! I was so happy to hear that you were coming here, but I may not be able to get up from the cup to come and see you! When you were growing up, I’m so sorry that I kept embarrassing you! You know… When you were very young, you lost an eye in an accident. As a mother, I couldn’t bear to see you grow up with one eye, so I gave yours to you… It was an honor for me that my son could see the whole new world with that eye instead of me… With all my love and affection for you. Your mother.”

Clown

“A man went to a psychiatrist and told the doctor about the great sadness he had in his heart, and the doctor said, ‘Go to such and such a circus, there is a clown there.’ He made you laugh so much that you forget your grief. The man bitterly smiled and said, “I am that jester.