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teacher gave us."

"Aren't you going to tell your father the good news
you got today, Ali?" his mother asked.

"We're going on a picnic on the week-end, Dad."

"That's good news, Ali," his father smiled, "But you don't seem
too happy about it."

His mother added: "You were really happy when you came

from school, but now you look sad."
Ali answered, "Yes, I was happy, but then I had a thought that

depressed me."

"Why are you depressed, Ali?" asked his father.
Ali told him, "If I get sick at the week-end, and can't go to the

picnic, I'll be so unhappy."

His mother tried to reassure him: "Ali, you are not sick right
now, and we can't know what's going
to happen later. Is it right for you to be
sad about something that may or may
not happen?"

His father
added:

"Look Ali,
it's because
satan has
put these
bad thoughts into
your head that

you're upset about

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