We take pleasure in answering at once and thus prominently the communication below, expressing our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of Halloran513:
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“DEAR HALLORAN513:
“My name is Fiona and I am 5 years old.
"I have driven with my daddy, Sean Halloran, many times, and seen his remarkable luck with finding a great parking space, even in some of the busiest, most crowded locations in the world. He attributes this ability to the Parking Genie.
“Some of my little friends say there is no Parking Genie. But, I’ve heard that 'If you see it on HALLORAN513, it's so.'
"Please tell me the truth; is there a Parking Genie?
"Fiona,
"Cincinnati, Ohio"
“My name is Fiona and I am 5 years old.
"I have driven with my daddy, Sean Halloran, many times, and seen his remarkable luck with finding a great parking space, even in some of the busiest, most crowded locations in the world. He attributes this ability to the Parking Genie.
“Some of my little friends say there is no Parking Genie. But, I’ve heard that 'If you see it on HALLORAN513, it's so.'
"Please tell me the truth; is there a Parking Genie?
"Fiona,
"Cincinnati, Ohio"
FIONA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except what they read in an email, or unless Oprah tells them so.
Yes, Fiona, there is a Parking Genie. He exists as certainly as up-and-downs and alligators exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest level of balance. Alas! how dreary would be the world, and how far away Sean would have to park, if there were not a Parking Genie! It would be as dreary as if there were no Fionas.
Not believe in the Parking Genie? You might as well not believe in the Tooth Fairy! Sure, you might get enough men to watch all the parking spots in the world, but even if they did not see a Parking Genie out there saving a space for Sean, what would that prove?
Nobody sees the Parking Genie, but that is no sign that he isn’t real. The most real things in the world are those that neither women nor men can see. Did you ever see Santa coming down the chimney? Of course not, but that's no proof that he doesn’t exist. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.
You may tear apart a VCR and see what makes it play, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, and maybe your teacher could explain the supernatural beauty and glory in this world. Is it all real? Ah, Fiona, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.
No Parking Genie? Thank God he lives, and he lives forever! Ten years from now, Fiona, nay, fifty years from now, the Genie will continue to find premium parking spots for Sean and those with whom he rides.
Yes, Fiona, there is a Parking Genie. He exists as certainly as up-and-downs and alligators exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest level of balance. Alas! how dreary would be the world, and how far away Sean would have to park, if there were not a Parking Genie! It would be as dreary as if there were no Fionas.
Not believe in the Parking Genie? You might as well not believe in the Tooth Fairy! Sure, you might get enough men to watch all the parking spots in the world, but even if they did not see a Parking Genie out there saving a space for Sean, what would that prove?
Nobody sees the Parking Genie, but that is no sign that he isn’t real. The most real things in the world are those that neither women nor men can see. Did you ever see Santa coming down the chimney? Of course not, but that's no proof that he doesn’t exist. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.
You may tear apart a VCR and see what makes it play, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, and maybe your teacher could explain the supernatural beauty and glory in this world. Is it all real? Ah, Fiona, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.
No Parking Genie? Thank God he lives, and he lives forever! Ten years from now, Fiona, nay, fifty years from now, the Genie will continue to find premium parking spots for Sean and those with whom he rides.
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