[StBernard] Words from the mouth of a little girl!

[Westley Annis]

NOLA .com Forum 4/19/06 8:36 ET 
 
 Is this how it is to rebuild after Katrina?-joke 
 
Katrina Rebuilding 

Here's a truly heartwarming story about the bond formed between a little 5
year old girl and some construction workers that makes you believe that we
CAN make a difference when we give a child the gift our time. 

A young family had moved into their FEMA trailer in Meraux. The house next
door was being gutted, leveled and renovated from floor to ceiling. The
young family's five-year-old daughter naturally took an interest in all the
activity going on next door and spent much of each day observing the
construction workers. 

Eventually the construction crew, all of them gems-in-the-rough, more or
less adopted the girl as a kind of project mascot. They chatted with her,
let her sit with them while they had coffee and lunch breaks, and gave her
little jobs to do here and there to make her feel important. 

At the end of the first week they even presented her with a pay envelope
containing a crisp new five dollar bill. The little girl was thrilled and
took this home to her mother who said all the appropriate words of
admiration and suggested that they take the five dollar "pay" she had
received to the bank to start a savings account. 

When they got to the bank, the teller was equally impressed and asked the
little girl what she had done to earn so much at such a young age. 

The little girl proudly replied, "Last week I worked with the crew
rebuilding the house next door to us." 

"My goodness gracious", said the teller, "and will you be working on the
house this week, too?" 

The little girl replied, "I will if those *ssholes at Home Depot ever
deliver the f***ing sheet rock."