I was 16 years old and working at the candy stand of a water park in Marseille. The end of the day was approaching when a bearded man brought two little kids to the stand. The little boy and the little girl were investigating the candies while the man stood a bit aside.

I could not shake the feeling that I already saw this little girl somewhere… Would you recognise her?

She asked me in English “what flavor is this one?” “What flavor is that one?” and I was trying to do my best while wondering over and over again where I had seen this face before.

After five minutes the revelation came: she was on the cover of a people magazine I saw earlier this week, with her father Hugh Jackman.

Oh man, bearded and very thin Hugh Jackman is just unrecognisable! Staying quite professional I asked the man “excuse me sir but… are you Hugh Jackman?” He smiled, said “yes” so I shook his hand saying how nice it was to meet him and congratulating him for his performances in the X-Men movies.

I left it at that because I did not want to bother the man with a picture or such things, he already spent the day in a public place: he must have been exhausted by fans interfering with his family day.

This day, what amazed me the most was not actually to have the chance to meet this great actor, but rather the proof of the very good education his daughter had:

While she was asking me for the flavors of the candies I told her which one was my favourite. It tasted like toffee, only I had no idea how to say toffee in English at the time. So I told her: “This type of candy is my favourite, it tastes like… um, wait… sorry but I don't know the word in English… would you like to taste one to see what I mean?”

And here came the reaction I would never have expected from a celebrity child: she opened her hand and looked almost sadly at the two euros she had and asked me, with big, cute eyes: “Do I have to pay for it?”

That was amazing: her father could have cover her with candies but instead she had only two euros, like most children would have. And she did not feel any reason to have any privilege.

In such cases I was of course allowed to give away one or two candies, especially if it were because I was not able to describe the product.

I gave her my widest smile and said: “Of course not!” while giving her one piece of the candy. It worked damn well: she loved it and bought two euros of the same candy.

Hugh, congratulations on this wonderful education!

Edit : I forgot to mention, Hugh himself was also extremely polite, telling me “nice to meet you too” when we shook hands. If I were able to blush, I would most certainly have.