19 September 2011

Mr Rogers

I loved this anectdote, but the whole article is worth reading for sure:
...a boy, no longer little, told his friends to watch out, that he was going to do something "really big" the next day at school, and the next day at school he took his gun and his ammo and his earplugs and shot eight classmates who had clustered for a prayer meeting. Three died, and they were still children, almost. The shootings took place in West Paducah, Kentucky, and when Mister Rogers heard about them, he said, "Oh, wouldn't the world be a different place if he had said, 'I'm going to do something really little tomorrow,'" and he decided to dedicate a week of the Neighborhood to the theme "Little and Big." He wanted to tell children that what starts out little can sometimes become big, and so that could devote themselves to little dreams without feeling bad about them...
more Mr Rogers here

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

VERY off-topic but I wondered if you were familiar with "Walking the Steps of Cincinnati" by May Anna DuSablon. I just found it in the library and took it out for my husband but it reminded me of you, too. It is thirty-odd hikes through various parts of Cincinnati and each hike takes you up and down steps. The author describes all sorts of history and sights and trivia about the things you see on each hike. Some of it is a little dated(copyright 1998) but still very interesting. Anyway, I recommend it.

Blue Ash Mom

Anonymous said...

Oops, MaRy Anna DuSablon

splendid said...

Thank you for this!

McEwan said...

Beautiful.