Reminded me of an episode of the cartoon "Doug" that I watched with my kids a few years back. Doug finds an envelope with hundreds of dollars in cash in it. He turns it in to the cops, which gains the approval of some friends, and the disdain of a few others. Time passes, and the money is never claimed and no one finds the owner. After enough time has gone by, the police inform Doug that the legal time limit has passed for claiming it, and the money is now legally his. Doug is elated--he did the right thing and still gets to keep the money.

Not a day later, Doug finds out by sheer happenstance that an old lady, apparently somewhat simple-minded, lost this money on the way somewhere. It never occurred to her to contact the police. Now Doug knows who lost the money, but legally, he has the right to keep it. As far as the old lady knows, the money just vanished. Now almost all his friends tell him to keep the money. Hundreds of dollars is a hell of a lot of money for a kid. Now what?

Finally, in anguish, he returns the money to the old lady. Delighted, she rewards him--with a new pack of gum. The disdain of many of his friends is now deafening. Walking dejectedly down the street, his older sister, who typically treats him like crap, pulls up in a car. She heard what happened, and smiling, invites him to go downtown for a soda--her treat. Doug cheers up considerably, and they head down the road.

One of the best episodes, and missing a lot of the usual cliches. Sometimes you don't get as much credit as you should for doing the right thing, but you do it anyway.