CHILDREN CAN BE TAUGHT LIFE
My brothers and I quarrelled as children, stubborn and unyielding, each of us always - wanted his own way. One day Dad took us to the railway station to watch the eastbound train come in. Just then we heard the whistle of the west-bound freight.
“Two trains are trying to go in different ..directions on the same track, said Dad, “what do you suppose will happen.” Our eyes were wide with awe at the thought of the collision we would soon witness. But as we watched, the freight switched on to a siding and let the other train pass in safety. “See you, children,” Dad explained, “people are like trains. We are all going different ways on the same track and there are bound to be some crackups if we don’t use the sidings';— patience, brotherly love tolerance, and just common horse sense. Children, grownups and even nations would get along a good deal better with each other if they’d just remember to use “life’s sidings” more often.—Copied Readers Digest.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 25, 7 May 1947, Page 7
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174CHILDREN CAN BE TAUGHT LIFE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 11, Issue 25, 7 May 1947, Page 7
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