The Coal Miners and the Little Girl

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The Coal Miners and the Little Girl

Postby Princess Butterfly » Jun 7, 2007 3:24 pm

Here's a truly heartwarming story about the bond formed between a little 5-year-old girl and some coal miners that makes you believe that we CAN make a difference when we give a child the gift of our time.

A young family moved into a house down the road from a large surface coal mine. The young family's 5-year-old daughter naturally took an interest in all the activity going on and spent much of each day observing the miners. Eventually the miners, all of them gems-in-the-rough, more or less adopted her as a kind of project mascot. They chatted with her, let her sit with them while they had coffee and lunch breaks, and gave her little jobs to do here and there to make her feel important.

At the end of the first week they even presented her with a pay envelope containing a couple of dollars. The little girl took this home to her mother who said all the appropriate words of admiration and suggested that they take the two dollar "pay" she had received to the bank the next day to start a savings account. When they got to the bank, the teller was equally impressed and asked the little girl how she had come by her very own pay check at such a young age. The little girl proudly replied, "I worked last week with the coal miners down the road from our house.

"My goodness gracious," said the teller, "and will you be working at the mine again this week, too?"

The little girl replied, "I will if those assholes at Caterpillar ever deliver the [CENSORED] trucks..."
See you on a long rope soon,

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Postby Dane » Jun 7, 2007 9:07 pm

Ah PB! I think.... I think I am misting up here!

I could have posted separately, but I didn't want to detract for this heart-warming tale.
This is in the same vein however, showing that simple life in the country can teach valuable lessons.

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do.

Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway;
it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.

He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down.

A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing.
He would shake it off and take a step up.

As the farmer's neighbors continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up.

Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt The trick to getting out of the well is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a steppingstone. We can get out of the deepest wells just by not stopping, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

Free your heart from hatred - Forgive.

Free your mind from worries - Most never happen.

Live simply and appreciate what you have.

Give more.

Expect less

NOW ............

Enough of that crap . . .
The donkey later came back, and bit the farmer who had tried to bury him.
The gash from the bite got infected and the farmer eventually died in agony from septic shock.

MORAL FROM TODAY'S LESSON:

When you do something wrong, and try to cover
your ass, it always comes back to bite you.
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Postby MoonshineR DavE » Jun 7, 2007 9:22 pm

:laughing: Those are great guys.
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Postby Ralph E. Powers » Jun 8, 2007 12:24 pm

Definitely great ones! :rofl:
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