Bagi yang sudah pernah membacanya, mohon maaf.
Tapi rasanya tidak ada salahnya membaca ulang, ya? Terutama
dikaitkan dengan menjelang Hari Pelantikan Obama sebagai presiden!
THE OLD MAN AND THE WHITE HOUSE
by: Ernest Humming Birdway
One sunny day in January, 2009 an old man approached the White House
from Across Pennsylvania Avenue, where he'd been sitting on a park
bench. H spoke to the U.S. Marine standing guard and said, 'I would
like to go in and meet with President Bush.'
The Marine looked at the man and said, 'Sir, Mr. Bush is no longer
president and no longer resides here.'
The old man said, 'Okay', and walked away.
The following day, the same man approached the White House and said
to the same Marine, 'I would like to go in and meet with President
Bush.'
The Marine again told the man, 'Sir, as I said yesterday, Mr. Bush
is no longer president and no longer resides here.'
The man thanked him and, again, just walked away.
The third day, the same man approached the White House and spoke to
the very same U.S. Marine, saying 'I would like to go in and meet
with President Bush.'
The Marine, understandably agitated at this point, looked at the man
and said, 'Sir, this is the third day in row you have been here
asking to speak to Mr. Bush. I've told you already that Mr. Bush is
no longer the president and no longer resides here. Don't you
understand?'
The old man looked at the Marine and said, 'Oh, I understand. I just
love hearing it.'
The Marine snapped to attention, saluted, and said, 'See you
tomorrow, Sir.'
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
