Girl Living in Forest Saves Man from Frostbite, He Makes Her House Luxurious to Thank Her – Story of the Day

While walking along the highway, a woman spotted a car stuck in a ditch. "Oh no!" she gasped and rushed to help the man trapped inside. Little did she know that she would soon save the stranger from dying.

After her divorce, Anna had nowhere to go except the house she inherited from her grandmother. Fifty years ago, it used to be one of the most beautiful houses in the middle of the forest, but now, it was the complete opposite.

The house had been abandoned for five years after Anna's grandmother passed away since there was no one to look after it. When Anna moved in, she had to clean the house for a day because everything was covered in spider webs, and the stinky drains made breathing difficult.

The house was situated in the middle of a forest, with nothing but trees around it. There was a lake nearby, and the closest highway that linked her house to the city was about two miles away.

Whenever Anna needed groceries, she had to walk for an hour to reach the supermarket in the city. Living in her grandmother's house was difficult, but she had no choice after her ex-husband left her. Anna would have to live on the streets if it weren't for this house. Her grandmother's house saved her from being homeless.

It was a typical day for Anna when she was walking by the side of the highway near the forest to buy groceries from the city. Since the route only connected the city to the woods, it was usually not busy. Anna rarely saw cars pass by whenever she walked along the road.

It's so cold, Anna thought and slid her hands inside her jacket pockets. The sides of the road were all white after it had snowed the night before. I should have stayed at home today, she thought.

"Oh no! Oh no!" she said when she realized her phone was out of coverage.

While walking along the highway, something unusual near the road caught Anna's attention. "Oh my God!" she gasped before running to the other side, where a car had slipped into a ditch.

"Hello?" she knocked on the car's rear windshield, but no one responded. Then, she walked closer and opened the front door and was shocked to see a man lying unconscious in the driver's seat.

"Hey! Wake up!" she shouted and shook the man's shoulder, but he didn't respond. Is he alive? Anna thought and tried to feel his pulse by putting her thumb on his wrist. "I think there is a faint pulse. I should call an ambulance."

Without wasting time, Anna slid her phone out of her pocket and dialed 911. "Oh no! Oh no!" she said when she realized her phone was out of coverage. She walked towards the road and raised her phone, hoping it would catch signals, but nothing worked.

I guess I'll have to take him to the hospital myself, Anna thought. However, there was something else she had to do before driving the man to the city. She needed to fetch a shovel from her house to get the car out of the ditch.

Since Anna hadn't walked too far when she spotted the man, it only took her a few minutes to get the shovel. It took her a few more minutes to clear the car's path by removing the snow blocking the tires.

"I hope I can drive out of the ditch!" she said before she put the shovel in the trunk and pulled the man to the passenger seat. Then, she got behind the wheel and turned the cold car key to start the engine.

"Thank God!" she heaved a sigh of relief and looked at the unknown man beside her.

He was a middle-aged man wearing a long coat. Looking at his clothes, Anna could tell he was wealthy, but his money was useless at that point. It was only Anna who could rescue him.

Since Anna took the highway regularly, she was familiar with the route to the city. It took her only ten minutes to reach the hospital's emergency department, where the nurses took the man inside on a stretcher.

Once the paramedics took the man inside the emergency department, Anna parked the car in the parking lot, quickly walked into the hospital, and headed to the reception.

"Hi, my name is Anna, and I just brought a middle-aged man to the emergency department," she told the receptionist.

"Thank you for bringing him in, Anna," the receptionist smiled. "Please have a seat in the waiting room. The doctors will update you soon."

Anna sat in the waiting room and looked at the white wall in front of her. Why are the doctors taking so long? I hope the man is not in trouble, she thought.

Soon, the receptionist appeared in the hallway with a doctor and pointed in Anna's direction, who was sitting with her head resting on her palms.

"Hi, Anna! I wanted to update you about Mr. Justin's condition―the man you brought in today," the doctor smiled at Anna.

"How is he doing?" Anna asked curiously.

"He's out of danger now, and it's all because of you," the doctor said. "If you didn't bring him here on time, he would have gotten frostbite. Things would have been much worse then."

"Is he still unconscious?" Anna asked.

"Yes, but he will wake up in an hour or so," the doctor replied. "Thank you for bringing him to the hospital, Anna. Your kind act saved his life."

"I can't believe you live here, Anna! How do you manage without network coverage?" he asked.

Anna smiled at the doctor and thanked him. Then, she waited for two hours before the nurse asked her to meet Justin inside the hospital room.

"I heard you are the kind lady who saved my life today," Justin smiled at Anna when she walked into his room. "I just wanted to thank you for rescuing me. You are my savior!"

"I felt obliged to help you when I saw your car in the ditch," Anna replied. "You don't need to thank me, Justin."

"I was wondering... that highway is usually empty. What were you doing there?" Justin asked. "I hope you don't mind me asking that."

"I live near the highway and walk along it about thrice a month."

"Really? Where do you live? That highway is only surrounded by trees. I don't think anyone lives there."

"I live in the middle of the woods, I promise!" Anna chuckled.

"That sounds so cool! I want to see your house."

"Sure, I'll take you there once the doctors allow you to go home," Anna smiled.

The next day, Justin returned home and asked Anna if he could visit her house. Once she agreed, he drove to her house and was surprised to see it.

"I can't believe you live here, Anna! How do you manage without network coverage?" he asked.

"My grandma left this house for me, and to be honest, I don't have any other place to live after my divorce," she told him.

After learning about Anna's struggles, Justin promised her he would renovate her house in return for saving his life. He also helped her get an internet connection so she could stay connected to the world.

Anna and Justin became best friends in a few weeks, and he often visited her new house to spend his vacations. When Anna rescued Justin from the ditch, she had no idea her kind gesture would help her make a lifelong friend who added value to her life.

"Thank you for turning my old house into this beautiful cabin," Anna told him. "I could never have imagined living in such a beautiful place in the middle of the woods."

What can we learn from this story?

• Kind actions are always rewarded. Anna rescued Justin from the ditch because she thought it was her duty to do so. She had no idea the man would renovate her old house in return for her kind act.
• A little gesture can have a considerable impact. When Anna saw Justin, she had no idea that her little gesture of taking him to the hospital would help save him from dying.

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