A young man graduated from University of Tasmania with a degree in
journalism. His first assignment for the newspaper who hired him
was to write a human interest story. Being from Tassie, he went back to
the bush to do his research.
He went to an old farmer's house way back in the hills, introduced
himself to the farmer, and proceeded to explain to him why he was there.
The young man asked, "Has anything ever happened around here that
made you happy?"
The farmer thought for a minute and said, "Yep! One time one of
my neighbour's sheep got lost. We formed a search party and found it.
We all rooted it and took it back home."
I can't print that!" the young man exclaimed. "Can you think of
anything else that happened that made you or a lot of other people happy?"
After another moment, the farmer said, "Yeah, one time my
neighbour's daughter, a good looking girl, got lost. We formed a big
search party that time and found her. After we all rooted her, we took her
back
home too."
Again, the young man said "I can't print that either. Has anything
ever happened around here that made you sad?"
The old farmer dropped his head, looked up timidly at the young
man and said, "I got lost once."
