How much does a miracle cost ? ? ?

How much does a miracle cost ? ? ?
Tessa goes to her room and the back of her closet , hiding in a dark little corner , she took her glass bottle with her ​​savings . Carefully pour the change on her bed and began to count the money . She counted the money three times , to make sure that the total is correct . She threw the coins back in the glass bottle and tighten the screw again . Carefully place the glass bottle in her backpack and slip out the back door unnoticed . She walked six blocks far to get to the big pharmacy in the city to come .

Patiently waiting for the pharmacist to help her , but he was too busy to see her touch . Tessa shuffled her feet on the tile floor to make a grinding sound , no response from the pharmacist . His clean on the way onaardigste throat , but still no response . Eventually she takes one of the coins from her bottle and tap it on the glass counter . This time it works !
" And what do you want? " Ask the pharmacist impatient while he interrupted the conversation with his brother came to visit . " I am busy talking to my brother , I have not seen for years , " said the pharmacist , without waiting for an answer to his question to Tessa .

" Well , I want to talk to you about my brother ! " Said Tessa in the same irritated tone as the pharmacist . " He is really  very sick ...... I want to buy a miracle for him . "

" Excuse me , who 's that kid ? " Ask the pharmacist . " His name is Andrew and he has something bad growing inside his head and my Daddy says only a miracle can save him now . So , how much does a miracle with you ? "

" We do not sell miracles here , girl , I'm sorry I can not help you , " said the pharmacist in a much softer tone .

"Uncle , I have money to pay for it . If that is not enough, I will hold the rest . Just tell me ..... how much does a miracle ? "
The pharmacist's brother a welgeklee middle - aged man , was moved by the little girl 's plea . He walked to the counter , and looked at the girl and asked , " What kind of miracle does your brother need ? "

" I do not know , " said Tessa , tears welling up in her little girl eyes . " I just know he's really sick and Mommy says he will need an operation . But my Daddy can not pay for the operation , so I want to use my money to buy my brother a miracle . "

" How much money do you have with you ? " Ask the pharmacist 's brother .

" Ten rand and fifty - five cents , " she said in a voice barely audible. " And that 's all the money I have , but I can still get hold of more pocket money when I get the end of the month . "

" Well , what a coincidence it is now ! " Smiled the man . " Ten rand and fifty - five cents - the exact price of a miracle for little brothers . "

Took Tessa 's money in one hand , and took her little hand in his other hand and said , " Take me to where you live . I want to see your little brother and meet your parents . Let 's see if I have the kind of miracle you need. "
The well dressed man was a surgeon , specializing in neuro- surgery . The operation was done without any cost and it was not long after that, when little Andrew back home and radiant health .

Mom and Dad joyfully talking about how wonderful everything worked out for little Andrew . " That surgery , " Mom whispered, " was a real miracle . I wonder what such an operation would have cost ? "

Tessa smiled . She knows exactly how much a miracle cost .......... ten rand and fifty - five cents ........... plus the faith of a little child .

A miracle is not the removal of a natural law , but the operation of a higher law
(author unknown)