Thursday, December 9, 2010
The Origin of April Fool’s Day
Region2 honbu3 chapter2. Junior division monthly magazine. April 2008 foreword
First of April marks April fool’s day, to those young mischievous children who enjoys scheming will manifest their latent potential on this day pulling pranks on their fellow classmates and friends. If you happen to be deceived on this day by some innocuous pranks or practical jokes, just tolerate it and accept it open-mindedly so you won’t get annoyed because this is the day when pranks are pulled on people.
My dear little friends, have you ever wondered how this strange yet amusing day come about?
The story goes like this: One day in the year 1545, King Henry VIII the king of Britain received a letter from Loof Lirpa, a scientist who claimed that he found the secret to fly so he invited the king to witness his air show.
On the first of April, the king and his officials look up to the sky anticipating the scientist to fly past. However, after a few hours of waiting, they see nothing. Everyone thought that they have been fooled. Since then, Britain started celebrating April fool’s day as their local custom on the first of April every year.
Soon after that incident, experts found out that Loof Lirpa had no intention to joke; in fact, he really found out the secret to fly but due to lack in flying practice prior to his flight and some malfunction on his invention, he crashed into a tree and died in the mishap. Here we can see that human beings had already attempted flying since 400 hundred years ago. It is just that all their attempts ended up tragically and suffered the same fate as Loof Lirpa.
Therefore, we must be someone who is fully prepared in our every undertaking and with 100% of dedicated practice; we will create the best possible outcome. Our achievement will be one which will greatly inspire the future instead of celebrate a day of being fooled on April fool’s day.
Mr. Ikeda said: ‘There is no need to rush to become a great person, attain fame or wealth instantly. What is most important is whether one can embark on a life of solid foundation and advance steadily with a down to earth attitude on this path’.
Finally, to add on to this day, coincidentally if you read the pilot’s name Loof Lirpa backwards, you will find that it is indeed April fool! Isn’t it amusing?
Boy’s Division Chief Foo Keh Chong.
First of April marks April fool’s day, to those young mischievous children who enjoys scheming will manifest their latent potential on this day pulling pranks on their fellow classmates and friends. If you happen to be deceived on this day by some innocuous pranks or practical jokes, just tolerate it and accept it open-mindedly so you won’t get annoyed because this is the day when pranks are pulled on people.
My dear little friends, have you ever wondered how this strange yet amusing day come about?
The story goes like this: One day in the year 1545, King Henry VIII the king of Britain received a letter from Loof Lirpa, a scientist who claimed that he found the secret to fly so he invited the king to witness his air show.
On the first of April, the king and his officials look up to the sky anticipating the scientist to fly past. However, after a few hours of waiting, they see nothing. Everyone thought that they have been fooled. Since then, Britain started celebrating April fool’s day as their local custom on the first of April every year.
Soon after that incident, experts found out that Loof Lirpa had no intention to joke; in fact, he really found out the secret to fly but due to lack in flying practice prior to his flight and some malfunction on his invention, he crashed into a tree and died in the mishap. Here we can see that human beings had already attempted flying since 400 hundred years ago. It is just that all their attempts ended up tragically and suffered the same fate as Loof Lirpa.
Therefore, we must be someone who is fully prepared in our every undertaking and with 100% of dedicated practice; we will create the best possible outcome. Our achievement will be one which will greatly inspire the future instead of celebrate a day of being fooled on April fool’s day.
Mr. Ikeda said: ‘There is no need to rush to become a great person, attain fame or wealth instantly. What is most important is whether one can embark on a life of solid foundation and advance steadily with a down to earth attitude on this path’.
Finally, to add on to this day, coincidentally if you read the pilot’s name Loof Lirpa backwards, you will find that it is indeed April fool! Isn’t it amusing?
Boy’s Division Chief Foo Keh Chong.
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