Dial 0

[Tell of how it was that they exuded the tenderness, the love, the compassion, the warmth which that operator exhibited.]

A prominent speaker in the United Kingdom once told of how, when he was six years old, his mother explained that if he ever needed help, he should dial zero for Operator and ask for information. One day, when the boy’s mother was away, his pet canary, which always sang for him, seemed to be sick and unable to sing. He remembered what his mother had told him, so he dialed zero for Operator and asked for information and explained that his canary was ill. The Operator, who was wise beyond her years, gave him very helpful advice and it wasn’t long before the canary began to sing once again.

Thereafter, every time he was alone and needed help, the boy would dial zero for…