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Games, activities and teaching ideas > wait for the brick!!!!!!!!!!!
wait for the brick!!!!!!!!!!!
khaled696
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wait for the brick!!!!!!!!!!!
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A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag �s side door! He slammed on the brakes and drove the Jag back to the spot where the brick had been thrown. The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car, shouting, "What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing? That �s a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money. Why did you do it?" The young boy was apologetic. "Please mister ... please, I �m sorry... I didn �t know what else to do," he pleaded. "I threw the brick because no one else would stop..." With tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed to a spot just around a parked car. "It �s my brother," he said. "He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can �t lift him up."
Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, "Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He �s hurt and he �s too heavy for me." Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. He hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then took out his fancy handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes and cuts. A quick look told him everything was going to be okay.
"Thank you and may God bless you," the grateful child told the stranger. Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the little boy push his wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home. It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very noticeable, but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side door. He kept the dent there to remind him of this message: Don �t go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention! |
23 Jul 2010
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Mar0919
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Beautiful message. Thank you.
Mar |
23 Jul 2010
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ueslteacher
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A very beautiful and touching story. Thanks Sophia |
23 Jul 2010
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sidey
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it �s a good teaching of life, however the fact of this world, doesn �t let us trust on people or strangers,
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23 Jul 2010
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conqueror_mko
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Don �t go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!
is a good message
"Thank you and may God bless you and your country" |
23 Jul 2010
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apedral
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Thank you for the beautiful message....
Angela |
24 Jul 2010
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PhilipR
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Alternative (cynical) ending:
After having helped the boy back in his wheelchair, he saw that his brand new Jag had been stolen by some boys from the hood. It turned out they worked together with the brick thrower and had duped several drivers in the same way over the last weeks. Before drivers were aware of what had happened, their expensive toys were already being stripped for parts or used in drive-by shootings.
Anyone with other alternatives?
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24 Jul 2010
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