The
boss of a big company needed to call one of his employees about an urgent
problem with one of the main computers. He dialed the employee's home phone
number and was greeted with a child's whisper.
"Hello."
"Is
your daddy home?" he asked.
"Yes,"
whispered the small voice.
"May
I talk with him?"
The
child whispered, "No."
Surprised,
and wanting to talk with an adult, the boss asked, "Is your Mommy
there?"
"Yes."
"May
I talk with her?"
Again
the small voice whispered, "No."
Hoping
there was somebody with whom he could leave a message, the boss asked, "Is
anybody else there?"
"Yes,"
whispered the child, "a policeman."
Wondering
what a cop would be doing at his employee's home, the boss asked, "May I
speak with the policeman?"
"No,
he's busy", whispered the child.
"Busy
doing what?"
"Talking
to Daddy and Mommy and the Fireman," came the whispered answer.
Growing
concerned and even worried as he heard what sounded like a helicopter through
the earpiece on the phone the boss asked, "What is that noise?"
"A
hello-copper" answered the whispering voice.
"What
is going on there?" asked the boss, now truly alarmed.
In
an awed whispering voice the child answered, "The search team just landed
the hello-copper."
Alarmed,
concerned, and even more than just a little frustrated the boss asked,
"What are they searching for?"
Still whispering, the young voice replied along with a muffled giggle: "ME ! "