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"Virus Hoax:
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Little Girl Dying of Leukemia Hoax
December 2001
Every couple of years the "Little Girl Dying" hoax comes back again and
this year is no different. The following hoax and picture are making the
rounds of the Internet. The picture shows the youngest looking 10 year
old I have ever seen. Maybe this should be called the fountain of youth
hoax???
Please note that AOL and ZDNET cannot track e-mail and are not in the
business of giving away money for chainletters.
Subject: Leukaemia - Please read then Forward
If you delete this ... you seriously don't have a heart.
Hi, I am a 29 year old father. My wife and I have had a wonderful life
together. God blessed us with a child too. Our daughter's name is
Rachel, and she is 10 years old.
Not long ago the doctors detected brain cancer and in her little body.
There is only one way to save her...an operation. Sadly, we don't have
enough money to pay the price. AOL and ZDNET have agreed to help us.
The only way they can help us is this way, I send this email to you and
you send it to other people. AOL will track this email and count how
many people get it.
Every person who opens this email and sends it to at least 3 people will
give us 32 cents.
Please help us.
Sincerely
George Arlington
And here is a variant with the words put on the picture. If you look
closely, you will see that they changed the age to 10 months instead of
10 years though this baby still looks a little young for 10 months.
click for larger image
A recent variant adds the following poetry to the hoax.
TO MY CHILD: Just for this morning, I am going to smile when I see your
face and laugh when I feel like crying.
Just for this morning, I will let you choose what you want to wear, and
smile and say how perfect it is.
Just for this morning, I am going to step over the laundry, and pick you
up and take you to the park to play.
Just for this morning, I will leave the dishes in the sink, and let you
teach me how to put that puzzle of yours together.
Just for this afternoon, I will unplug the telephone and keep the
computer off, and sit with you in the backyard and blow bubbles.
Just for this afternoon, I will not yell once, not even a tiny grumble
when you scream and whine for the ice cream truck, and I will buy you
one if he comes by.
Just for this afternoon, I won't worry about what you are going to be
when you grow up, or second guess every decision I have made where you
are concerned.
Just for this afternoon, I will let you help me bake cookies, and I
won't stand over you trying to fix them.
Just for this afternoon, I will take us to McDonald's and buy us both a
Happy Meal so you can have both toys.
Just for this evening, I will hold you in my arms and tell you a story
about how you were born and how much I love you.
Just for this evening, I will let you splash in the tub and not get
angry.
Just for this evening, I will let you stay up late while we sit on the
porch and count all the stars.
Just for this evening, I will snuggle beside you for hours, and miss my
favorite TV shows.
Just for this evening when I run my finger through your hair as you
pray, I will simply be grateful that God has given me the greatest gift
ever given.
I will think about the mothers and fathers who are searching for their
missing children, the mothers and fathers who are visiting their
children's graves instead of their bedrooms, and mothers and fathers who
are in hospital rooms watching their children suffer senselessly, and
screaming inside that they can't handle it anymore.
And when I kiss you good night I will hold you a little tighter, a
little longer. It is then, that I will thank God for you, and ask him
for nothing, except one more day.............
Hi. I am a 29 year old father. Me and my wife have had a wonderful life
together. God blessed us with a child too. Our daughter's name is
Rachel, and she is 10 years old. Not long ago did the doctors detect
brain cancer in her little body. There is only one way to save her and
that is an operation.
Sadly we don't have the money for the operation. AOL and Zdnet have
agreed to help us. The only way they can help is this: If you send this
email to other people, AOL will track this email and count how many
people get it. Every person that opens this email and sends it to at
least 3 people will give us 32c.
Please help us. George Arlington
Copyright 2004 by Jay Jennings
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