A POINT OF CONTACT
Bob Weber, Past President of Kiwanis International, told this story. He had spoken to a club in a small town and was spending the night with a farmer on the outskirts of the community. He had just relaxed on the front porch when a newsboy delivered the evening paper. The boy noted the sign, “PUPPIES FOR SALE.” The boy got off his bike and said to the farmer, “How much do you want for the pups, mister?” “Twenty-five dollars, son.” Bob Weber said the boy’s face dropped. “Well, sir, could I at least see them anyway?” The farmer whistled, and in a moment the mother dog came bounding around the corner of the house tagged by four of the cutest puppies you will ever see, wagging their tails and yipping happily. At last, another pup came straggling around the house, dragging one hind leg. “What’s the matter with that puppy, mister?” the boy asked. “Well, son, that puppy is crippled.…
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