G W bush was visiting a primary school and he visited one of the
classes. They were in the middle of a discussion related to words and
their meanings. The teacher asked the president if he would like to
lead the discussion on the word 'tragedy.' So our illustrious
president asked the class for an example of a 'tragedy.'

One little boy stood up and offered: 'If my best friend, who lives on
a farm, is playing in the field and a tractor runs over him and kills
him,
that would be a tragedy.'

'No,' said  bush, 'that would be an accident.'

A little girl raised her hand: 'If a school bus carrying 50 children
drove over a cliff, killing everyone inside, that would be a
tragedy.'

'I'm afraid not,' explained bush . 'That's what we would call great
loss.'

The room went silent No other children volunteered. Bush searched
the
room. 'Isn't there someone here who can give me an example of a
tragedy?'

Finally at the back of the room, Little Johnny raised his hand. In a
quiet voice he said: 'If the plane carrying you and Mrs G W bush was
struck by a 'friendly fire' missile and blown to smithereens that
would be a tragedy.'

'Fantastic!' exclaimed G W bush. 'That's right. And can you tell me
why that would be tragedy?'

'Well,' says the boy, 'It has to be a tragedy, because it certainly
wouldn't be a great loss...and it probably wouldn't be an accident
either..!