Ingenuity

Recently I was privileged to observe in all it's magnificence The ingenuity of youth mixed with a little innocence. I was in line at a store counter, in front of me was a young boy Who asked the manager of the store if he could work in his employ. The manager looked the boy over and asked, "Weren't you here last week? " The boy smiled, stood up straight and tall and then began to speak. "Yes, sir." He nodded. "That was me; is the job still open today? " The manager smiled as he tried to come up with just the right words to say. "Do you remember what I told you last week? " he reached over and touched the boy on his shoulder "That I was looking for someone who is perhaps a little older." The boy was unperturbed, he would not be disallowed "Yes sir! I remember, " he said, "and I'm a whole week older now." He didn't get the job, there are age requirements in our land of the brave and the free But I think I would have made an exception based solely on ingenuity.