This is an epic story of national proportion. It is the story of ruth. she married a rich man who dies, his father also dies and she is left with her mother in law and poor. She leaves her home, follows her mother in law to a new land where they are very poor. she collects fallen pieces of wheat from the fields. A man named boaz sees her and wants to help her. in the end they connect deeply and get married. they are the beginning of the family of king david. The moral is - one never knows the long term results of their actions so always do the right thing.