ASSEMBLY THEME

Monday 18th April

TRUST

We had a different assembly on Monday morning

because Josh came to talk to us about 'Pedal Power'

so I am putting my story on my Blog for you to read

instead.

It is an interesting story because it helps us to think

about TRUST.

Blondini was a tightrope walker who used to walk over

the Niagara Falls. People came from far and wide to see him.

He would carry all sorts of things over the water. One day a

famous duke and his entourage visited the Niagara Falls. They

watched Blondini walk over and clapped. They watched him

walk back and shouted for more.Then Blondini asked,

'Who believes I could take this wheelbarrow over the waterfall?'

'Of course you can!' said the duke and his friends. Blondini took

the wheelbarrow over. Everyone was ecstatic.'Do you believe I

could carry this sack of potatoes over the waterfall in the

wheelbarrow?' 'Yes!!' He duly did. Then he asked, 'Who believes

I could carry a human being over the Falls in this barrow?'

'We all do!' they chorused.After a pause, Blondini asked, 'Who

will get in the wheelbarrow, then?' There was an embarrassed

silence - the duke suddenly felt he had better things to do. Then

a little old lady came out of the crowd and got into the

wheelbarrow. Blondini pushed her over the falls and back again,

to the astonishment of the crowd.

The lady was Blondini's mother.

Blondini had told the truth, but his listeners

needed to trust him before the great truth

could be demonstrated.

Trust is a two-way thing.

Who do you trust?

How do you know you can trust these people?