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The Magic Word

The Magic Word

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<p style="margin:0in 0in 10pt;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;font-size:12pt;">Elisabeth was rude and selfish and demanding, and therefore had very few friends.<span>  </span>When she sent out invitations to her birthday party, no one accepted.<span>  </span>Her mother warned her that she needed to improve her manners and to try to get along with people.<span>  </span>She told Elisabeth that she needed to use the magic word “Please”.<span>  </span>So when Elisabeth went to school the next day, she thought of her mother’s advice, “What is the magic word?” and she started saying “Please” and also “Thank You”.<span>  </span>She tried to become more thoughtful of others, and discovered that she was a much happier person.<span>  </span>Imagine her pleasure when she returned home to find out that her new friends were all coming to her birthday party!</span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Arial, 'sans-serif';font-size:10pt;"></span></p><p></p>

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Boing Boing

🔗 http://boingboing.net/2009/01/28/pig-and-the-box-anti.html

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<span style="font-size:17px;line-height:normal;color:#ffa200;"><span style="color:#111111;">“Who knew that barnyard animals would have so much to teach us about the evils of Digital Rights Management?”</span></span><div><font color="#111111" size="5"><span style="font-size:17px;line-height:normal;"><span style="color:#000000;font-family:Georgia, Times, fantasy;font-size:12px;"></span></span></font><div style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;text-align:right;font-weight:bold;">— Cory Doctorow</div><div style="font-size:8pt;font-family:Arial;text-align:right;color:#444444;">Editor, Boing Boing; author of &quot;Little Brother&quot;</div></div>