Three teenage boys and all those girls waiting, listening, wondering who will go first. The barker makes his pitch and singles out one boy and challenges him to take a chance. “Two wins and any stuffed animal is your’s,” he says.
The boy knows if he wins, he’s a hero and if he doesn’t, he’s a zero. Is it worth the risk? “Maybe John or Bob will do it, first,” he thinks. “Why is he pointing at me? I can feel everyone looking at me and waiting.”
How about you? Did you respond to a “barker” this week? Did you let peer pressure wear you down and make you cross that line? Were you a hero? Did you win the stuffed animal? Did you ever think that there might be a better prize if you really thought about the consequences and didn’t take the bait?
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