Posted by Jai Narayan on December 7, 2004, at 21:35:36
In reply to Re: Lou's response to Atticus's post- » Lou Pilder, posted by Atticus on December 7, 2004, at 14:18:31
Once upon a time in a far away country there lived a child who took everything literally.
He was named Bob....
even as a child everyone called him Dr. Bob.
He was a sweet child.
He loved to sit on the gray sidewalk during the day and watch the ants.
If he got bored he would move to his second favorite thing and that was watching the bees.
Next the birds.
Then the stars.
He was always looking.
One day he discovered a box.
It was square and had a long chord.
He took the cord and plugged it into the wall.
Worlds opened up for him.
He was stunned and couldn't look away.
His mother tried to tempt him with delicious food she cooked.
His father offered to play baseball with him.
He could barely answer his parents and they tried to pull him away from the awful box.
Their attempts were futile.
Soon his life was only the box and all the little lines written all over the surface.
He had no real friends.
He only communicated with these virtual people inside the box.
His parents wanted to take him to their family doctor.
But Bob said no.
No I am the doctor.
His parents were gentle people.
They eased away from this little boy who would not leave the box and would not get help.Atticus is this the story you are talking about?
Jai
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