“A pink ping pong ball?” repeated the mother and father incredulously, “Why would you want that out of everything?”
But the child just walked away and didn’t respond. By the way, this is sort of a continuation of my other choice blog, so unless you read that one this won’t make any sense.
Anyway, the kid’s birthday rolled around, and his mother and father, still confused, gave him a regular pink ping pong ball. Their son seemed happy to receive the pink ping pong ball, but the mother and father never saw that ping pong ball again after that day.
The days rolled on, and life went back to normal for the family. In fact, things were so normal that the mother and the father completely forgot about the curious incident in which their son, out of anything in the world, chose to receive a pink ping pong ball for his birthday.
But next year, the child turned eight, and his father kneeled down next to him and asked, “Son, we barely spent any money on your birthday present last year. This year your mother and I want to give you a very expensive present. Name anything, and it’s yours. Money is not an issue.”
His son thought for a minute, and then decided, “This year, I want five pink ping pong balls for my birthday.”
The father stayed there, stunned, as the child walked away. He called after his son asking why he chose five pink ping pong balls, but the son did not reply. That day, the child received five regular pink ping pong balls, and the parents never saw them again after that day.
After their child’s eighth birthday passed, his parents did not forget his odd request. They asked their son why he wanted pink ping pong balls so badly, but he would just walk away and not tell. I’m over three hundred words, so to be continued I guess.
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