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Array ( [sid] => 14832 [catid] => 1 [aid] => Mick [title] => Smile [time] => 2003-03-24 17:25:00 [hometext] => [bodytext] => She smiled at a sorrowful stanger.
The smile seemed to make him feel better.
He remembered past kindness of a friend
and wrote him a thank-you letter.
The friend was so pleased with the thank-you
that he left a large tip after lunch.
The waitress, surprised by the size of the tip,
The next day she picked up her winnings,
and gave part to a man on the street.
The man on the street was grateful;
for two days he'd had nothing to eat.
After he finished his dinner,
he left for his small dingy room.
(He didn't know at that moment
that he might be facing his doom.)
On the wasy he picked up a shivering puppy
and took him home to get warm.
The puupy was very grateful
to be out of the storm.
That night the house caught on fire.
The puppy barked the alarm.
He barked til he woke the whole household
and saved everybody from harm.
One of the boys that he rescued
grew up to be President.
All this because of a simple smile
that hadn't cost a cent. [comments] => 5 [counter] => 152 [topic] => 43 [informant] => mamasmurf [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 4 [ratings] => 1 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => oops )

Smile

Contributed by mamasmurf on Monday, 24th March 2003 @ 05:25:00 PM in AEST
Topic: oops

She smiled at a sorrowful stanger.
The smile seemed to make him feel better.
He remembered past kindness of a friend
and wrote him a thank-you letter.
The friend was so pleased with the thank-you
that he left a large tip after lunch.
The waitress, surprised by the size of the tip,
The next day she picked up her winnings,
and gave part to a man on the street.
The man on the street was grateful;
for two days he'd had nothing to eat.
After he finished his dinner,
he left for his small dingy room.
(He didn't know at that moment
that he might be facing his doom.)
On the wasy he picked up a shivering puppy
and took him home to get warm.
The puupy was very grateful
to be out of the storm.
That night the house caught on fire.
The puppy barked the alarm.
He barked til he woke the whole household
and saved everybody from harm.
One of the boys that he rescued
grew up to be President.
All this because of a simple smile
that hadn't cost a cent.

Copyright © mamasmurf ... [ 2003-03-24 17:25:00]
(Date/Time posted on site)

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Re: Smile (User Rating: 1 )
by Ilhar on Monday, 24th March 2003 @ 05:52:45 PM AEST
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excellent poem dipicting the ripple effect of a simple good deed.

Sharon

Re: Smile (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Tuesday, 25th March 2003 @ 04:05:21 AM AEST
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Great poem. I love the way it shows that a simple gesture can have a knock on effect for so many people. I will make sure I smile at at least one person today.

sleepless_siren

Re: Smile (User Rating: 1 )
by theangelestdevil on Tuesday, 25th March 2003 @ 08:04:56 PM AEST
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i love this poem. it shows how a simple gesture like smiling can have such a big effect on people.

Re: Smile (User Rating: 1 )
by AngryPrincess on Sunday, 13th April 2003 @ 11:39:12 PM AEST
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i very much enjoyed it...its the whole idea of Paying It Forward...great write

Lindsey

Re: Smile (User Rating: 1 )
by AngryPrincess on Sunday, 13th April 2003 @ 11:39:27 PM AEST
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i very much enjoyed it...its the whole idea of Paying It Forward...great write

Lindsey

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