THE CHILD’S APPEAL
Illustration★★★★I am the Child. All the world waits for my coming. All the earth watches with interest to see what I shall become. Civilization hangs in the balance, For what I am, the world of tomorrow will be. I am the Child. I have come into your world, about which I know nothing. Why I came I know not; How I came I know not. I am curious; I am interested. I am the Child. You hold in your hand my destiny. You determine, largely, whether I shall succeed or fail. Give me, I pray you, those things that make for happiness. Train me, I beg you, that I may be a blessing to the world. Mamie Gene Cole
The point
A powerful monologue by 'The Child,' attributed to Mamie Gene Cole, in which a child asks adults to nurture, educate, and guide them wisely, as the child's destiny determines the world's tomorrow.