There was a man
who had a little boy that he loved very much. Everyday after
work the man
would come home and play with the little boy. He would always
spend all of
his extra time playing with the little boy.
One night, while
the man was at work, he realized that he had extra work to do
for the evening,
and that he wouldn't be able to play with his little boy. But, he
wanted to be
able to give the boy something to keep him busy. So, looking
around his office,
he saw a magazine with a large map of the world on the
cover. He got
an idea. He removed the map, and then patiently tore it up into
small pieces.
Then he put all the pieces in his coat pocket.
When he got home,
the little boy came running to him and was ready to play.
The man explained
that he had extra work to do and couldn't play just now, but
he led the little
boy into the dining room, and taking out all the pieces of the
map, he spread
them on the table. He explained that it was a map of the world,
and that by
the time he could put it back together, his extra work would be
finished, and
they could both play. Surely this would keep the child busy for
hours, he thought.
About half an
hour later the boy came to the man and said, "Okay, it's finished.
Can we play
now.?"
The man was surprised,
saying, "That's impossible. Let's go see." And sure
enough, there
was the picture of the world, all put together, every piece in it's
place.
The man said, "That's amazing! How did you do that ?"
The boy said,
"It was simple. On the back of the page was a picture of a man. When I
put
the man together
the whole world fell into place."