Riders Of Vision

General => Off Topic => Topic started by: vadasz1 on May 27, 2008, 11:18:56 PM

Title: Out of the mouths of babes!!!
Post by: vadasz1 on May 27, 2008, 11:18:56 PM
> >> Out of the mouths of babes!!!
> >>
> >>
> >> Here's a truly heartwarming story about the bond
> >> formed between a little 5-year-old girl and some
> >> construction workers that will make you believe
> >> that we all can make a difference when we give
> >> a child the gift of our time.
> >>
> >> A young family moved into a house, next to a
> >> vacant lot. One day, a construction crew began
> >> to build a house on the empty lot. The young
> >> family's 5-year-old daughter naturally took an
> >> interest in the goings-on and spent much of
> >> each day observing the workers.
> >> Eventually the construction crew, all of them
> >> 'gems-in-the-rough,' more or less, adopted her
> >> as a kind of project mascot. They chatted
> >> with her during coffee and lunch breaks and gave
> >> her little jobs to do here and there to make her
> >> feel important. At the end of the first week,
> >> they even presented her with a pay envelope containing
> >> ten dollars. The little girl took this home to her
> >> mother who suggested that she take her ten
> >> dollars 'pay' she'd received to the bank the next
> >> day to start a savings account.
> >>
> >> When the girl and her mom got to the bank, the
> >> teller was equally impressed and asked the little
> >> girl how she had come by her very own pay check at
> >> such a young age. The little girl proudly replied,
> >> 'I worked last week with a real construction
> >> crew building the new house next door to us.'
> >> 'Oh my goodness gracious,' said the teller, 'and
> >> will you be working on the house again this week, too?'
> >> The little girl replied, 'I will, if those assholes at
> >> Home Depot ever deliver the f _ ckin' sheet rock.'
> >>
> >> Kind of brings a tear to the eye - doesn't it?