The Thief.

Well this happened yesterday....

I was outside my office and was photocopying some material, when I suddenly heard a women shouting thief-thief. There were many people around me so I thought that someone would try to catch him but no one tried to catch him. The person who was photocopying my paper took the initiative to catch the thief and hence I realized that I should also run and try to catch the thief. So I ran behind the thief myself shouting 'thief-thief but the thief ran in to a lane nearby and I soon caught up with him, 1-because he was only and 2-because I was young and ran very fast. So when I caught up to him he was trapped in the lane and had no where to go. So giving me a frightened smile he said "that woman is my wife and I have taken her money". I said "I don't know all that, you talk to the women about this" and in a few more moments the woman came. She caught him by his collar and started throwing abuses at him. After a brief argument she put him in an auto and took him away.
I still don'tt know what was the matter and why was he running away but I was left wondering whether the man was innocent or not because by his talking and his attiree he seemed to be a decent man. Well, may be appearances ARE deceiving. sometimes. But I left the crowded scene with a sense of achievement and a feeling of helping someone.