We Should Truly Help this Child

From: 7visions <7visions_at_prodigy.net_at_hypermail.org>
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 2002 16:09:52 -0700

> Of all the appeals on the Internet...this one truly moved me....
> >
> > > Hello, my name is Billy Evans. I am a very sick little boy. My mother
is
> > > typing this for me because I cant. She is crying. The reason she is so
> sad
> > > is because Im so sick. I was born without a body. It doesnt hurt,
except
> > > when I try to breathe. The doctors gave me an artificial body. It is a
> > > burlap bag filled with leaves. The doctors said that was the best they
> > could
> > > do on account of us having no money or insurance. I would like to have
a
> > > body transplant, but we need more money. Mommy doesnt work because she
> > said
> > > nobody hires crying people. I said, Dont cry, Mommy, and she hugged my
> > > burlap bag. Mommy always gives me hugs, even though shes allergic to
> > burlap
> > > and it makes her sneeze and chafes her real bad.
> > >
> > > I hope you will help me. You can help me if you forward this e-mail to
> > > everyone you know. Forward it to people you dont know, too. Dr.
> > > Johansensteiner said that for every person you forward this e-mail to,
> > Bill
> > > Gates will team up with AOL and send a nickel to NASA. With that
> funding,
> > > NASA will collect prayers from school children all over America and
have
> > the
> > > astronauts take them up into space so that the angels can hear them
> > better.
> > > They will then come back to earth and go to the Pope. He will take up
a
> > > collection in church and send all the money to the doctors. The
doctors
> > > could help me get better then. Maybe one day I will be able to play
> > > baseball; right now I can only be third base.
> > >
> > > Every time you forward this letter, the astronauts can take more
prayers
> > to
> > > the angels and my dream will be closer to coming true. Please help me!
> > Mommy
> > > is so sad, and I want a body. I dont want my leaves to rot before I
turn
> > 10.
> > > If you dont forward this e-mail, thats okay. Mommy says youre a mean,
> > rotten
> > > and heartless bastard who doesnt care about a poor little boy with
only
> a
> > > head. She says that if you dont stew in the raw pit of your own
> > guilt-ridden
> > > stomach, she hopes you die a long, slow, horrible death and then burn
> > > forever in hell! What kind of cruel person are you that you cant take
> five
> > > freakin minutes to forward this to all your friends so that they can
> feel
> > > guilt and shame about ignoring a poor, bodiless nine year old boy?
> > >
> > > Please help me. I try to be happy, but its hard. I wish I had a kitty.
I
> > > wish I could hold a kitty. I wish I could hold a kitty that wouldnt
chew
> > on
> > > me and try to bury its turds in the leaves of my burlap body. I wish
> that
> > > very much!
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > > Billy Smiley Evans
> >
> >
>
Received on 2002-08-05 16:03:50