MOTHER WHO?

A young man from Cambridge, England, went into a supermarket to buy a pint of milk and six eggs. As he looked for the milk, he noticed a middle-aged woman staring at him with sad, forlorn eyes. He turned away, grabbed a pint of milk and went in search of the eggs. When he found the eggs, he turned around only to see die same woman staring at him. Somewhat disturbed, he hurried towards the cashier, but remembered that he had run out of toilet paper and so returned to the main part of the store to find some. Arriving back at the cashier, he saw that the woman is in front of him in the queue with a cart that was full almost to the brim. The old lady finally said to the young man: "I'm sorry for staring. You see, you look just like my son who died only a few weeks ago." She sniffled and added: "Yes, the same hair and eyes. Just like him." As she packed her groceries, she whispered to the young man: "Could you do a grief-stricken mother a favour? Could you just say 'Goodbye, Mum' as I leave?" The man agreed and when she left the store, struggling with four heavy bags of shopping, he shouted out "Goodbye, Mum." His feeling of worthiness was short-lived however, when the cashier told him the bill was £94. "There must be a mistake," he exclaimed pointing to his three items, but the cashier replied: "Your mother said you'd take care of her shopping, too."

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