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                       The Wild Kid Calms Down


           _,.---,_      As a crowded airliner is about to take off,
        ,-"        '.    the peace is shattered by a 5-year-old boy
       /             \   who picks that moment to throw a wild temper
       |    ,         |  tantrum.  No matter what his frustrated,
       |   / '-..____.;  embarrassed mother did to try to calm him 
        \_ |     /a/a(   down, the boy continued to scream furiously
         (`          _)  and kick the seats around him.
          `\    ,__. /
            `;-.___.'    Suddenly, from the rear of the plane, an
           _.|   |       elderly man in the uniform of an Air Force
         .'  `-._\-.     General is seen slowly walking forward up
    jgs /           `\   the aisle.  Stopping the flustered mother
       /              |  with an upraised hand, the white-haired,
  courtly, soft-spoken General leans down and, motioning toward his
  chest, whispers something into the boy's ear.

  Instantly, the boy calms down, gently takes his mother's hand, and
  quietly fastens his seat belt. All the other passengers burst into
  spontaneous applause.

  As the General slowly makes his way back to his seat, one of the
  cabin attendants touches his sleeve. "Pardon me, General," she asks
  quietly, "but could I ask you what magic words you used on that
  little boy?"

  The old man smiles serenely and gently confides, "I showed him my
  pilot's wings, service stars, and battle ribbons, and explained
  that they entitle me to throw one passenger out the plane door on
  any flight I choose."
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