See Also:
Beginning of a FAMOUS Hero: The Martin Luther King, Jr. Story.
Life Lesson #91 – Learn to Deal With Bullies.
It was time for one of Mr. Delaney’s special stories again, and the class couldn’t wait to hear it. “It’s a true story,” said Mr. Delaney. “And it happened in a town called Cambridge in Nova Scotia, Canada. You see, there was a boy whose family had just moved there, and on his first day of school, he wore a pink shirt.
“Well, there were some students in the school who used that pink shirt as an excuse to give the boy a really hard time. They even pushed him around and hit him. He couldn’t believe what the people were like at his new school. He was afraid that everyone in the school was like that, but was he ever surprised the next day.”
Mr. Delaney paused a moment before the next part, because this is where it really gets good! He said, “You see, two older students named David and Travis saw what was going on, and they thought it was time to send the perpetrators a message. They got all their friends to agree to wear pink shirts the next day. It was amazing,” he said! “Word spread like wildfire to EVERYONE—except the kids doing the teasing. They didn’t know anything about it. If someone didn’t have a pink shirt, they went out and bought one, and the next day the new boy could not believe his eyes. The whole school was wearing pink. They were there to show support for him and give the others the message that ‘enough is enough.’
“The new boy knew he had lots of friends now, especially David and Travis, who that day, became HEROES in a very special way.”
Then Mr. Delaney concluded by saying to his class, “I’m Richard Delaney. That’s what I know about the beginning of these HEROES, and I know that you can become a HERO, too!”
– Jim Lord