Ghetto Boys in New York

One day a group of Brooklyn, New York, ghetto boys found a bunch of mattresses discarded in the passageway between two tenement buildings. Excited with the perspective of a make-believe trampoline, they stacked the mattresses and began jumping. At first it was quite exhilarating as they leaped into the air and dropped back down like bouncing balls. It was not long before the fun began to subside as the leaping no longer provided the excitement.

Wondering how they could jump higher, the thought struck them as they noticed the staircase window. Pressing the mattresses against the wall beneath the window, they gleefully scampered up the stairwell. Now the usual bantering took place. “Me first, no, me first!”

Out they jumped onto the cushions below. Every leap was thrilling. But again, things got old.

Then the thought struck them. If the first floor was exciting, how much more would the second floor be? Once again up they climbed. When the first boy took a look at the mattresses below him, they appeared much smaller than before and the distance seemed much greater and more daunting.

Once again the bantering began. But this time it was, “You go first.

No, you go first.” Finally, one reluctantly climbed up on the windowsill.

As he was poised to jump, he secretly wished he had a way out. Then all of a sudden the sound of footsteps ascending the staircase were heard.

As he looked back to see who was coming, he was surprised to see that it was his mother. Greatly concerned to see her son stand on the windowsill, the mother yelled out a scathing and stern warning. “Get off that window, or you’ll wished that you had fallen,” she shouted!