A homeless man saves a little girl ( very long)

I'm not sure if this has been said before but it's a long one that my brother told me. So here it goes:

A homeless man is sitting on a bench by a lake minding his own business when all of a sudden, a little girl falls into the water. Being the only other person around, the homeless man jumps in after her to save her life, which he does.

Then, a Lamborghini rolls up by the lake and a man steps out wearing a big Gucci coat with rings, chains and diamond jewellry covering him. "You just saved my little girl, thank you SO much I am so grateful! Listen, I am a philanthropist, and I'm pretty stacked right now. I can give you whatever you want: a house, a car, hell I would even buy you a mansion!"

" Your welcome sir, but all I want is £10 pounds please" replied the homeless man. The millionaire was confused but complied with the mans request.

Late, the homeless man went to the local travel agents and said "hello madam, I would like to buy a holiday for £10 please". "£10!? Errm.. well I can look in the back store room for a leaflet but I'm not sure if there will be anything sir."

But sure enough, right at the back of one of the cupboards, there was a dusty leaflet for an annual cruise ship around the world with the lowest price of just £10 pounds. The man gladly took a ticket for the cruise and set of for the port.

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When he arrived on the day, he showed his ticket and was about to board the magnificent cruise liner when he was stopped by one of the porters, "excuse me sir, we mean no offence but we don't want other guests to see you border the ship in your state, please could you come back at night so you can board when no one is around. They have quite high standards!". Not wanting to start an argument, the man came back at night and was taken on to the top deck of the ship.

It was magnificent, filled with gold Rembrandt paintings on every wall, a personal gym with a huge pool and a massive ball room just like the HMS Titanic. This was truly first class, however the homeless man wasn't staying here. He was then taken to second class, one deck below, filled with silver and impressive paintings on every wall with decently comfortable living space, this however was not where the man would stay. He was then taken down through the ship, each time the living space became smaller and smaller and much less comfortable and luxurious until he was finally taken to his compartment. A small room right at the bottom of the ship just above the hull and next to the engine room. This was not luxury at all, but the homeless man didn't have high standards and gladly took his place in the little steel bedroom.

Then the man was told, " we don't want you to show your face in the higher decks during the day, but at night, we will let you use all of the top quality services and function rooms when no-one is around." The man thanked him and stayed in his room for the rest of the day.

At night, the homeless man went up the ship, past the sleeping people, gradually walking through to grander and more impressive rooms each time he ascended. once he had reached the top deck, the first thing he did was go to the diving board of the pool. He got to the top and jumped in with perfect form, performing front flips and mid-air cartwheels. The security guard ( the only other man awake on that deck) was bewildered. This homeless man was a more impressive diver than most of the olympians he had seen on TV! He rushed to the captain's quarters to tell him of this amazing feat. Intrigued by what he had heard from the guard, the captain went to the pool and asked the man to dive again. He also was amazed by the skill and precision shown off by just some random hobo. He exclaimed " Wow, amazing! I tell you what sir, on the last day of this cruise, I will get the mechanics to construct a huge diving board and you can show all the people on the cruise liner your diving talent for entertainment, they will love it!"

So for the rest of the cruise, the man stayed in his cabin at day and enjoyed the luxuries at night. Until after a few weeks, the final day was ready and the homeless man was called to the top deck in the afternoon. As he ascended he began to see this humongous ladder that was attached to a steel pole that was so large, he couldn't even see the top. So , as the captain and instructed, he started climbing. He climbed up past the highest part of the ship, he climbed past the seagulls that flew around the ship, he even climbed past the clouds in the sky going on and on. It took 2 hours of climbing this ladder until he finally reached the top, the edge of the atmosphere. Then he jumped. Even when reaching terminal velocity he kept excellent form, flipping in all directions , a sight to behold for all the passengers. He fell back through the clouds, back past the birds , back down into the ship, into the pool, through the pool, through the golden first deck, through the silver second deck, through the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and ninth decks, past the engine room, through his metal cabin and even through the reinforced steel hull of the ship. Amazingly, he swam up to the side of the ship and was hoisted aboard again. " That was absolutely outstanding!! I can't understand how you managed to survive such a crash!" Said the mesmerised captain . " Well, I'm just a homeless man you see" he replied, "I've been through many hardships in my life"