Monday, March 23, 2009

A cigarette lighter radio

Mike and I were in a small village in Russia. We were surrounded by a huge endless field. The land was so flat and we could see miles and miles away. There we met a girl about 14 years old and a boy about 7 years old. They were both poor and didn't have any toy to play with. However, the girl had something that we'd never seen before. She had a white cigarette lighter and a set of earphones was plugged in it. When she clicked the lighter, instead of seeing a flame, she heard music. But the only music she could listen to was rock'n roll Christmas songs. She thought the music was wonderful and clicked the lighter over and over. We asked her if she had ever played any instrument. She didn't know what an instrument was. We explained her that she could play music with it. As soon as she heard us, she was very excited. Mike and I contacted neighboring villages to find someone who had any instrument and would teach her how to play it. Finally, we found one in a distant land, rented a minivan and send her off to the distant land.

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