The Flower Seller
One day a flower seller had sold all but four of her bouquets, and decided to call it a night. On her way home, she found a woman crying.
"Oh my, what's the matter dear?" asked the flower seller.
Through wracking sobs of grief, the woman replied, "My husband just left me, and I think I might be pregnant."
Shocked and saddened by this, the flower seller handed the woman one of her bouquets, a bunch of daffodils. The crying woman's waterworks dried up and a bright smile came onto her face. "Thanks! That's just what I needed. I can raise this baby alone if I have to! Thanks!" With that, the woman went on down the street humming to herself.
The flower seller continued on her way home, and found a man in an alley about to shot himself in the head. The flower seller cried out, "Stop! what could be so bad that it has to come to this?"
The man looked at the flower seller and said, "I just lost all of my investments on Wall Street. I'm completely wiped out."
The flower seller handed the man a bouquet of roses. The man pricked his finger on a thorn and suddenly began to grin. "By god, I hadn't thought of it that way. Those investments were about half crooked. Their failure is going to keep me out of prison. Maybe this is really a blessing in disguise. Thanks!" And the man goes skipping down the street singing to himself.
The flower seller continued on her way until she comes across a boy sitting on the curb, crying. "What's the matter, little boy?" asks the flower seller. The little boy points out into the street, "My kitten got run over by a truck." The flower seller gives the boy a bouquet of daisies, and the dead kitten in the street sprung back to life. "Scampers!" cried the little boy. The kid scooped the kitten up into his arms and went running up the steps to disappear into an apartment building.
The flower seller continued on her way until she found two people arguing about Abortion. The argument was very heated, with both people screaming at the top of their lungs. The flower seller took her last bouquet, divided it in two, and went running towards the argument yelling, "Stop this, stop this! It's all so unnecessary!" She handed each of the people one half of the bouquet.
The arguers looked at the flowers she had handed them with obvious disgust, throwing them onto the ground. One of the arguers turned to the flower seller and said, "Dammit, old woman, didn't you hear that violets never solved anything?"
"Oh my, what's the matter dear?" asked the flower seller.
Through wracking sobs of grief, the woman replied, "My husband just left me, and I think I might be pregnant."
Shocked and saddened by this, the flower seller handed the woman one of her bouquets, a bunch of daffodils. The crying woman's waterworks dried up and a bright smile came onto her face. "Thanks! That's just what I needed. I can raise this baby alone if I have to! Thanks!" With that, the woman went on down the street humming to herself.
The flower seller continued on her way home, and found a man in an alley about to shot himself in the head. The flower seller cried out, "Stop! what could be so bad that it has to come to this?"
The man looked at the flower seller and said, "I just lost all of my investments on Wall Street. I'm completely wiped out."
The flower seller handed the man a bouquet of roses. The man pricked his finger on a thorn and suddenly began to grin. "By god, I hadn't thought of it that way. Those investments were about half crooked. Their failure is going to keep me out of prison. Maybe this is really a blessing in disguise. Thanks!" And the man goes skipping down the street singing to himself.
The flower seller continued on her way until she comes across a boy sitting on the curb, crying. "What's the matter, little boy?" asks the flower seller. The little boy points out into the street, "My kitten got run over by a truck." The flower seller gives the boy a bouquet of daisies, and the dead kitten in the street sprung back to life. "Scampers!" cried the little boy. The kid scooped the kitten up into his arms and went running up the steps to disappear into an apartment building.
The flower seller continued on her way until she found two people arguing about Abortion. The argument was very heated, with both people screaming at the top of their lungs. The flower seller took her last bouquet, divided it in two, and went running towards the argument yelling, "Stop this, stop this! It's all so unnecessary!" She handed each of the people one half of the bouquet.
The arguers looked at the flowers she had handed them with obvious disgust, throwing them onto the ground. One of the arguers turned to the flower seller and said, "Dammit, old woman, didn't you hear that violets never solved anything?"