Walking down the street today you'll see a little boy staring into the window of a toy store, pointing at a train set and crying. You'll overhear his father say, "No, it's too expensive." The little boy will say, "I hate you! I hate you!" The father will say, "I'm going over to look in that men's clothing store window. You just stay here and cry." Then the father will walk two stores down to stare into his own window.
Walk up to the boy and say, "You shouldn't say that to your Dad."
"But I want the train," the boy will say.
"Trains aren't everything," tell him.
"But I want it," the boy will say.
"You should be thankful you have a father who's willing to not buy you trains," tell him.
"Oh I'm sorry," the boy will say. "Your dad is dead?"
"No," tell him. "Or, maybe he is. He sold me. So I don't really know who he is."
"Fathers can sell their kids?" the boy will ask.
Nod yes.
The boy will run to his father, wrap his arms around his father's legs and beg him not to sell him. The father will ask who told the boy that kids can be sold and the boy will point towards you so you'd better be gone by then.
Happy Tell A Kid He Should Be Thankful For What He's Got Day!
