"James Patrick Kelly - Why School Buses are Yellow" - читать интересную книгу автора (Kelly James Patrick)

all school everywhere shall be held during the day only тАФ forthwith and notwithstanding. And later
Senate passed an amendment to the law that said because the best days came in the summer, there
should be no school from June to September. At all. Period.

Soon everyone was so much happier than they had been in the beginning. The Senator from New
Hampshire decided to hold hearings about why everyone was so happy. It was, after all, an election
year. The Senator called Bob to testify. Bob explained that it was his idea to have school during the day
and so Bob got his picture in the paper on the front page with an article that was continued in the
Lifestyle section.

The reporter asked Bob what was his favorite cartoon and he said, "The one with the rabbit." They
asked him what his favorite sport was and he said "The one where you throw the ball." They asked him
what his favorite bird was and he said "The one that sits on my bird feeder." And they asked him what his
favorite color and he said... well, is anyone still awake? What do you think he said?

When the President of Our Beloved Land read this article, he remembered reading Bob's letter. He
declared that there would be a holiday on Bob's birthday called Bob's Day to thank Bob, because, after
all, the President was up for re-election too. And Bob decided that if there was going to be a holiday on
his birthday, then maybe his paint store should have a sale on paint, because everyone would have the
day off and maybe his sales would pick up. And that was Bob's second good, no excellent idea. Because
all the bus drivers read the article in the paper and to show their appreciation for Bob they came into
Bob's store and bought gallons of Bob's favorite color paint which was... well, you know. They painted
their buses that color because now that they were driving around in the daytime they felt kind of dumb in
their black and dark blue buses and especially the buses that were purple with brown polka dots. Plus,
they liked having their busses the color of the sun, which was usually shining brightly when they picked
kids up and dropped them off.

Bob lived to be a hundred and seven years old. He sold a lot of paint, most of it his favorite color. His
grandchildren still own the paint store. But the reason why you've never celebrated Bob's Day is because
they changed it to Columbus Day during the first Eisenhower administration, because after all, Columbus
discovered America, and all Bob discovered was that it was a really dumb idea to send kids to school in
the middle of the night. Now nobody remembers him anymore but his great-grandchildren and the entire
population of my hometown of Nottingham, New Hampshire, which I'm sure you've never heard of. And
that's why school buses are yellow.