A boy was drowning in a river and he shouted for help. A man passing by jumped in the river and saved the boy’s life. As the man was leaving the boy said, “Thank you.”
The man asked, “For what?” The boy replied, “For saving my life.”
The man looked into the boy’s eyes and said, “Son, make sure when you grow up that your life was worth saving.”

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