There was a man
who had a little boy that he loved very much. Everyday
after work the man would come home and play with the
little boy. He would always spend all of his extra time
playing with the little boy.
One night, while the man was at work, he realized that he
had extra work to do for the evening, and that he
wouldn't be able to play with his little boy. But, he
wanted to be able to give the boy something to keep him
busy. So, looking around his office, he saw a magazine
with a large map of the world on the cover. He got an
idea. He removed the map, and then patiently tore it up
into small pieces. Then he put all the pieces in his coat
pocket.
When he got home, the little boy came running to him and
was ready to play. The man explained that he had extra
work to do and couldn't play just now, but he led the
little boy into the dining room, and taking out all the
pieces of the map, he spread them on the table. He
explained that it was a map of the world, and that by the
time he could put it back together, his extra work would
be finished, and they could both play. Surely this would
keep the child busy for hours, he thought.
About half an hour later the boy came to the man and
said, "Okay, it's finished. Can we play now.?"
The man was surprised, saying, "That's impossible.
Let's go see."
And sure enough, there was the picture of the world, all
put together, every piece in it's place.
The man said, "That's amazing ! How did you do that
?"
The boy said, "It was simple. On the back of the
page was a picture of a man. When I put the man together
the whole world fell into place."
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