St. Martin was a soldier in the Roman army. He was very kind. He gave everything away. If he had money he gave it away. If he had nice clothes he gave them away, too. He gave pretty much everything he had away and he was well known for it. One day, his friends gave him a warm red cloak. One of them said,"Martin, if you love us you will not give this cloak away." Martin liked the cloak very much and kept his promise.
One stormy, snowy, windy, and very cold night Martin was riding on his horse when he saw an old man in ragged clothes sitting by a tree. Martin stopped his horse and looked at him. He had nothing to give the old man but his cloak and he did not want to offend his friends. Then he had an idea. He drew his sword and cut his cloak in half. He kept on half for himself and gave the other to the old man, then rode away.
When Martin was sleeping, the old man appeared to him in the half-cloak then he turned into our Lord, Jesus Christ. Jesus said to Martin,"I am the poor beggar man you helped. Your cloak is keeping me warm. What you do to others, you do to me."
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