Little Johnny meets Obama
Barack Obama was visiting a primary school and he
visited one of the
classes. They were in the middle of a discussion
related to words and
their meanings. The teacher asked the
president if he would like to
lead the discussion on the word
'tragedy.'
So our illustrious president asked the class for
an example of a
'tragedy.'
One little boy stood up and
offered: 'If my best friend, who lives on a
farm, is playing in
the field and a tractor runs over him and kills
him, that would
be a tragedy.'
'No,' said Obama, 'that would be an
accident.'
A little girl raised her hand: 'If a school bus
carrying 50 children
drove over a cliff, killing everyone inside,
that would be a tragedy.'
'I'm afraid not,' explained
Obama.'That's what we would call great
loss.'
The room
went silent No other children volunteered..
Obama searched
the room. 'Isn't there someone here who can give me an
example
of a tragedy?'
Finally at the back of the room, Little
Johnny raised his hand . In a
quiet voice he said: 'If the
plane carrying you and Mrs. Obama was
struck by a 'friendly fire'
missile and blown to smithereens that would
be a
tragedy.'
'Fantastic!' exclaimed Obama. 'That's right. And
can you tell me why
that would be tragedy?'
'Well,' says
the boy, 'It has to be a tragedy, because it certainly
wouldn't
be a great loss...and it probably wouldn't be an
accident
either.
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