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BLESSING BEHIND TRAGEDY

There was a black family in Scotland years ago. They were Clark
family with nine children. They had a dream to go to America. The family
worked and saved. They were making plan to travel with their children to
America. It had taken several years but finally they had saved enough
money. They had gotten passport. They had booked seats for the whole
family member in a new liner to America.
The entire family was full of anticipation and excitement with their
new life in America. However few days before their departure, the
youngest son was bitten by a dog. The doctor sewed up the boy. Because
of the possibility of getting rabies, there were being quarantined for long
days. They were in quarantine when the departure time came. The family
dreams were dashed. They could not make the trip to America as they had
planned.
The father was full of disappointed and anger. He stomped the dock
to watch the ship leaved without him and his family. He shed tears of
disappointment. He cursed both his son and God for the misfortune.
Five days latter, the tragic news spread throughout Scotland. The
ship, the mighty Titanic, had shank. It took hundreds of passenger and
crew with it. Titanic which had been called the unsinkable ship had sunk.
It was unbelievable but it was.
The Clak family should have been on that ship, but because of the
bitten son by a dog, they were left behind. When the father heard the
news, he hugged the son and thanked him for saving the family. He
thanked God for saving their lives. It was a blessing behind a tragedy.