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In the Deaf World it is said that.........Once there was a Deaf boy whose parents gave him a telescope for his birthday. He was so happy and each night searched the skies to find a new planet with life on it. One night he discovered a new planet.
With closer study he decided that the planet does have life on it. He told his parents. He told his friends at the Deaf school but no one believed him. He decided that when he grew up he would build a rocket ship and go to the new planet to prove there was life on it.
As a young man entering college the Deaf boy studied all he could about aerospace. He learned to fly and began in his garage to build a rocket ship. Finally the great day came for his space flight. He loaded up and opened the automatic doors of the roof fitted for the rocket. As he blasted off into space NASA called for him to identify himself but they could not understand TTY which he used to respond. He until today remains known as a UFO sighting.
After traveling for a long time through space the young Deaf man arrived at his destination. The planet was green and with blue waters much like earth. Upon landing he discovered he had landed near a town. He entered the town and saw a restaurant.
Hungry he went in to order food. He, being Deaf motioned that he could not hear. The waitress signed, "It is alright. Use the menu monitor." The menu was in Sign Language. In Sign Language he asked the waitress if she knew of a special education school near by.
She gave him the address and he left. Outside he saw a bank robbery in progress. As he watched the Policeman signed to each other their plan. They surrounded the bank robber and he gave up. The robber was a hearing man. The police had a recorder to read him his rights. Across the street he saw another hearing man selling audio tapes of the alphabet. "Strange," he thought.
At the school he asked in signs for the special education class and the desk clerk signed back to him, and told him the location of the classes. He entered the class room to see hearing students complaining that the teacher would not let them talk but they had to sign. "The teacher doesn't understand our culture," they complained. On his way out someone pointed him nearby to the special ed college. At the college there was a riot with students complaining that they wanted a hearing president for the university. The adventurous young Deaf man stepped up to a policeman attending the riot and asked what kind of place this is explaining that he was from planet earth. He wondered at all the Deaf people on this planet where everyone know sign language. The policeman said, "Welcome son, you have landed on the planet Eyeth."
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Updated: 03/30/02