Tragedy in the eyes of children

beertons

Brian Cowan was visiting a primary school and he visited one of the
classes. They were in the middle of a discussion related to words and
their meanings.

The teacher asked Mr. Cowan if he would like to lead
the discussion on the word 'tragedy'..

So the illustrious leader asked the class for an example of a
'tragedy'.

A little boy stood up and offered: 'If my best friend, who lives on a
farm, is playing in the field & a tractor runs over him and kills
him, that would be a 'tragedy.'

No, said Brian - that would be an accident.'

A little girl raised her hand: 'If a school bus carrying fifty children
drove over a cliff, killing everyone inside, that would be a tragedy'

I'm afraid not, explained Brian - that's what we would call great loss

The room went silent. No other children volunteered. Brian searched
the room. 'Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of a
tragedy?'

Finally, at the back of the room, little Johnny raised his hand...
In a quiet voice he said:
'If A plane carrying you and Mr. Lenihan was
struck by a 'friendly fire' missile & blown to smithereens, that would
be a tragedy.'

'Fantastic!' exclaimed Brian. 'That's right. And can you tell me why
that would be tragedy?'

'Well,' says little Johnny 'it has to be a tragedy, because
it certainly wouldn't be a great loss and it probably wouldn't
be a f*cking accident either!'

Podge2k7

I heard it before but its still lol:D