The Legend of the Magic Hockey Helmet
Nine-year-old Miller Donnelly of Ontario, Canada, has some pretty grown-up things to say about hockey and how parents are squeezing the fun out of sports.
| Terri Lee Paulsen |
23-Dec-2009 |
He wrote the speech for a school project; a few months later his dad recorded him giving the speech to send to family members.
In his videotaped speech, Miller stands in front of a fireplace in his family's home. He describes his hockey helmet as being "magic" in a negative way. He says before he puts it on, parents treat him nicely—but as soon as he's wearing it on the ice, they start yelling mean things.
Two years later, the 3-1/2 minute video on YouTube has nearly 400,000 hits.
View the video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWjBvcfhRX0
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