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Kevin Rudd was visiting a primary school and he visited

one of the classes. They were in the middle of a discussion related to

words and their meanings. The teacher asked Kevin, the saviour of

'working families', if he would like to lead the discussion on the word

'tragedy'.

So Kevin (the saviour of 'working families' ) asked the class for an

example of a 'tragedy'.

A little boy stood up and offered: 'If my best friend, who lives on a

farm, is playing in the field & a tractor runs over him

and kills him, That would be a 'tragedy.'

No, said Kevin - that would be an accident.'

A little girl raised her hand: 'If a school bus

carrying fifty children drove over a cliff, killing everyone inside,

that would be a tragedy'

I'm afraid not, explained Kevin - that's what we

would call great loss'

The room went silent. No other children volunteered.

Kevin searched the

room. 'Isn't there someone here who can give me an

example of a tragedy?'

Finally, at the back of the room, little Johnny raised

his hand..

In a quiet voice he said: 'If A plane carrying you

and Julia Gillard was struck by a 'friendly fire' missile & blown to

smithereens, that would be a tragedy.'

'Fantastic!' exclaimed Kevin. 'That's

right. And can you tell me why

that would be tragedy?'

'Well,' says little Johnny 'it has to be a

tragedy, because it certainly

wouldn't be a great loss and it probably wouldn't

be a ****** accident either!

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