The Legend

There once was a very poor woodcutter who lived

with his family deep in the forest. On Christmas Eve
they sat down for dinner when they heard a knock at
the door. There stood a child in torn and ragged
clothes, pale and hungry. The woodcutter invited the
child in for food even though they did not have much
to share, and gave him a bed to rest. The woodcutter
and his family prayed to God, thanking him for a warm
and safe place to live. In the early morning, they awoke
to the most beautiful singing they had ever heard.
They went to the window and saw the orphaned child
standing with a choir of angels singing a lovely
Christmas carol. The child was no longer wearing the
tattered clothing but dressed in a magnificent robe
surrounded by a glowing light. When the child saw the
woodcutter and his family he said: “I am the Christ
Child, I have received your kindness and now this is my
gift to you.” He then broke a branch from a small fir
tree and planted it, while telling them: “From this day
on, this tree shall bear fruit at Christmas and you shall
have plenty even in the cold winter.” As they stood
listening, the branch grew into a beautify tree covered
with golden apples and silver nuts, and that poor
family was in need never again.we all know that this is
not a real story, we may gather from it that when
helping a child in distress, our deeds will count as if
they were done to Jesus himself.