The little boys were on the train tracks on an overpass bridge when suddenly they heard the sound of the train coming. One by one they began running to avoid what they knew was certain disaster, and as quickly as possible, they rallied one another to get to the other side. Unfortunately, one of the boys got his foot stuck between the ties, and now there was imminent impending doom. “Pull your foot out!” one of the free boys shouted. “I can't! It's stuck!” yelled the boy who was trapped. “Lose you shoe!” another boy screamed as he pulled the arm of the youngster to try to free him. “But they're brand new! I can't lose my brand new shoe!” said the trapped boy loudly. “Then just stay in your shoe and be killed by the train!” screamed all the free boys at once.
When the nearing of the train was now seen and not just heard, the boy who was trapped finally said, “That's it! I can get a new shoe,” and he loosened his foot, left his shoe, and ran to safety on the other side. The boys were relieved and realized they avoided a huge tragedy when one of the boys looked back and said, “Hey, what is that sticking out in the tracks.” The boys walked back to the protruding object, and to their surprise, there was the trapped boy's shoe.
The once trapped child pulled out the shoe, put it on his foot, and began walking with his friends again. One of the insistent boys at the time of the trapping said, “Just think, you almost lost your life to keep that shoe when all you had to do is let the train pass .” Sometimes, the train is coming, and there is nothing else to do but get out of its way, and then find that which was supposedly lost is right where it was left behind.
Until tomorrow...Why Say More?
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