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The Balloon Salesman

"Several years ago, a balloon salesman was selling balloons on the streets of New York City. When business got a little slow, he would release a balloon . As it floated into the air, a fresh crowd of buyers would gather and his business would pick up for a few minutes. He alternated the colors, first releasing a white one , then a red one , and later a yellow one. After a time, a little African American boy tugged on his coat sleeve, looked the balloon salesman in the eye, and asked a penetrating question. "Mister, if you released a black balloon, would it go up?" The balloon salesman looked at the little boy and with compassion, wisdom and understanding said, "Son, it's what's inside those balloons that makes them go up."

My mood: a bit bummed

Posted by MatriarchToThePatriarch at 11:28 on August 24th, 2010 at 11:28AM
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LovelessDeluxe	Posted on 07:23AM on Feb 13th, 2011 Aww, that's a good one! True...
artbandit	Posted on 05:54AM on Jun 24th, 2012 nice story
CopperCoil	Posted on 06:35PM on Aug 1st, 2012 indeed.
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