In the story "The Star Money," evidence supports the theme "A kindness is never wasted" through the actions of the little girl. Even though she was extremely poor and had nothing, she selflessly gave away her bread, hood, jacket, and finally her shirt to those in need. This shows her kind nature and willingness to help others, even when she had nothing left for herself. Because of her acts of kindness, the girl was rewarded when stars fell from the sky as money, and she received a new shirt of fine linen. This teaches that when you help others, good things can come back to you in unexpected ways.
Re-read the story, "The Star Money," by The Brothers Grimm (see excerpt below), then write a 4-5 sentence paragraph that explains what evidence from the story supports the theme "A kindness is never wasted." Refer to the example below for guidance!
The Star Money" by The Brothers Grimm
There was once on a time a little girl whose father and mother were dead, and she was so poor that she no longer had any little room to live in, or bed to sleep in, and at last she had nothing else but the clothes she was wearing and a little bit of bread in her hand which some charitable soul had given her. She was, however, good and pious. And as she was thus forsaken by all the world, she went forth into the open country.
Then a poor man met her, who said, "Ah, give me something to eat, I am so hungry!" She reached him the whole of her piece of bread, and said, "May you bless it to thy use," and went onwards. Then came a child who moaned and said, "My head is so cold, give me something to cover it with." So, she took off her hood and gave it to him; and when she had walked a little farther, she met another child who had no jacket and was frozen with cold. Then she gave it her own; and a little farther on one begged for a frock, and she gave away that also. At length she got into a forest, and it had already become dark, and there came yet another child, and asked for a little shirt, and the good little girl thought to herself, "It is a dark night, and no one sees thee, thou canst very well give thy little shirt away," and took it off, and gave away that also.
And as she so stood, and had not one single thing left, suddenly some stars from heaven fell down, and they were nothing else but hard smooth pieces of money, and although she had just given her little shirt away, she had a new one which was of the very finest linen. Then she gathered together the money into this and was rich all the days of her life.
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