His answer was:
The boy and his friends were playing baseball. They were helling at him to go "home" (base).
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[Editor's note-We haven't edited out the word"helling". Rather than a spelling mistake, it seems a nice word for the situation! Shauvik is the first to come closest to the right answer. Bas is second.]
In October, we sent out a riddle based on a true story.
This was the question:
This is for you kids.This is a riddle based on a true story. And to win,
you have to send in your answer right away.Here it is:
There's a kid who
comes to America from Asia. At his new school, he's playing a game with his
class when the kids start to shout, "Go home! Go home!"
Now he's wondering-
what did I do?The question you have to answer is:
Why were the kids shouting
at him to go home? Choose from one of the following:
1. They didn't like kids from Asia.
2. They thought he may be a terrorist.
3. It was time to go home.
4. Another reason- which you have to explain.
These are the other answers we got. They're fun too- THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING!
* His mom had called school telling someone in the office
who had in turn told his classmates to tell him to go home early
due to some family reason.
* I think the children were simply repeating what they heard at home;
thinking that all strangers are potential terrorists therefore the answer should be number 2.
I hope this young boy wasn't you.
Here too [France] they look at strangers with suspicion.
Thank you for the kind words. It does happen, but this story was not one of the times.
© Meenakshi Suri
