"Pardon me, sir, ..." - by Unknown

"Pardon me, sir, ..."

- by Unknown -

This is a true story, proving how fascinating the mind of a six year old is.  

Children do think logically!

A teacher was reading the story of the Three Little Pigs to her class.

She came to the part of the story where first pig was trying to gather the building materials for his home.  She read:  "And so the pig went up to the man with the wheelbarrow full of  straw and said: 'Pardon me sir, but may I have some of that straw to build my house?' "

The teacher paused then asked the class; "And what do you think the man said?"

One little boy raised his hand and said very matter-of-fact like ... " I think the man would have said - 'I'll be a son of a bitch!! A Talking pig!' "

The teacher had to leave the room.

The Unencumbered Spirit - by TWA (MPR)

 

The Unencumbered Spirit
(an Insight into Ralph Waldo Emerson)
- The Writer's Almanac, MPR (05/26/2015) -  

"Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm." RWE

Ralph Waldo Emerson was born in Boston on May 26, 1803. He came from a family of Unitarian ministers ... went off to Harvard Divinity School, was ordained, and got married. He was happy, became senior pastor of Unitarian Church in Boston ... and two years after he got married, his wife  Ellen died of tuberculosis at the age of nineteen. Emerson was devastated, he began to have doubts about the church. He took a leave of absence and went on vacation on the mountains of New Hampshire ... and by the time he returned, he decided to resign his post.

Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could ... some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in. Forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."