Teddy, aged six, said to his mother, "Mama, I got a stomachache."

"That''s because you''ve been without lunch. Your stomach is empty.
You would feel better if you had something in it."

That afternoon the minister called, and in the course of conversation
he remarked that he had been suffering a severe headache.

"That''s because it''s empty," said Teddy.

"You''d feel better if you had something in it."

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여섯살난 테디는 "엄마 나 배가 아파"라고 했다.

"점심을 안먹어서 속이 비었기 때문에 그럴거야. 뭘 좀 먹으면 괜찮을거다"

그날 오후 목사의 심방이 있었는데 한참 이야기를 나누던 목사는 골치가
많이 아프다고 했다.

"머릿속이 텅 비어있어서 그런거라구요"라며 테디가 끼여들었다.

"뭔가가 들어가면 괜찮아질거예요"

(한국경제신문 1997년 8월 8일자).