Sometimes life lessons can come from the unlikeliest of sources, such as this one from an adorably conscientious 6-year-old in Indonesia.
Recently, a couple of photos went viral online showing a handwritten apology note (photo above) written by the polite young boy after he had scraped his bike against a parked car, resulting in a pretty long scratch.
“I’m sorry, sir,” the kid wrote. “I scratched your car when I fell off my bike. This is my mother’s mobile phone number,” he continued while writing down the number and signing his name, Zhafran, at the bottom of the note.
Kumparan actually called the number in the note and reached Zhafran’s mother, Condri. According to Condri, her son came home one afternoon crying as he looked overcome with guilt.
“He suddenly cried and apologized, it turned out that he fell off his bike and it scratched a parked car. I didn’t know how bad the scratch was, I thought he might have dented the car,” Condri said, as quoted by Kumparan today.
She then told Zhafran to return to the car and wait for the owner to return so could can apologize to him directly. After waiting for a long time, Codri then told Zhafran to write the note, which she photographed after he put it up on the windshield.
“I only suggested it to him, he wrote it himself with earnestness,” she said.
However, Codri said the car’s owner has so far not contacted her about seeking money to repair the minor damage.
“I am happy that Zhafran was cooperative and has a sense of responsibility. Hopefully Zhafran will always remember that if we make a mistake, we have to be brave to apologize and take responsibility for our mistakes,” she said.
Zhafran for president 50 years from now?
Correction: The previous header photo for this story, as well as an embedded Instagram post, showed the mother’s mobile phone number uncensored. We thank our readers who have pointed out the mistake and we have changed the photo to protect her privacy. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.
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