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Summary In this short story we see an apparently well-standing citizen meeting with a beggar on the street. The beggar is in a terrible condition wearing rags, having festering wounds, bloodshot eyes. He asks for help, but the man happens to have nothing with him, so he clasps the beggar's hand, asking for forgiveness for having nothing to offer. An unexpected thing happens then. The beggar smiles and tells the man that the handshake is a gift itself.   Analysis The story explores the condition of poverty and the sentiment of empathy and human connection. There is a stark contrast between the narrator's outstanding condition and the destitute condition of the beggar. The narrator's act of clasping the beggar's hand shows a moment of compassion and even though it is a small act it's full of kindness and meaning. The beggar's reaction and answer to the man showcases how important it was for him to be considered a human being. An equal, worth of clasping...

  THIS HUMOROUS POEM BY Georgios Souris could be a jab at a person’s unexpected path to becoming a cook in the army. First the port poet informs us that we or he   or somebody will become a cook and will be forced to wash meat and feed the masses.   He also so also tells us that this will happen in the army. But things are not simple because there is pressure.   We are informed that whether we already know how to cook or not, we will be forced to do it even in peaceful times otherwise we go to prison.   Now the poets talk in the first person and says that his mind twists and turns and he is desperately asking for help and is ready to get it even from the almanac where sometimes recipes were printed.   Finally the poet calls   upon his   muse   to come and help him with the cooking. The poem narrated in Greek: (Don't forget to enable the english subtitles) Let's get down to the  poem and it's translation in English: (Τhe Greek sp...