Onion

She had been so wicked that in all her life she had done only one good deed--given an onion to a beggar.  So she went to hell.  As she lay in torment she saw the onion, lowered down from heaven by an angel.  She caught hold of it.  He began to pull her up.  The other damned saw what was happening and caught hold of it too.  She was indignant and cried, "Let go--it's my onion," and as soon as she said, "My onion," the stalk broke and she fell back into the flames.    
--E.M. Forster, "The Hill Of Devi"