Chapter 16 - Page 232 - Flying To America

   Jim and his guests sat around for a couple of hours, looking at the walls. Jim could tell everyone was getting bored. In Angel Town, Jim and his guests would be at the hospital now, singing for the patients. That thought gave Jim an idea.

   "Would anyone like to hear some music?" he asked. The only kind of music Jim listened to was religious, but he did have some "oldies" rock and roll.

   "I would, Papa," Shanha said.

   Rhasha and Shanha watched Jim closely as he went to his entertainment center and opened the door, hoping he wouldn't turn the television on again. He pulled out several CDs and checked to see what songs were on each one. Finally he found the CD he was looking for-a collection of twenty uplifting songs, all pleasant to the ear and featuring male and female artists who had been popular when he was younger. He'd compiled his favorite songs on one high-quality CD through his computer, so he didn't have to listen to a lot of music he didn't like. Jim slipped the CD into the player, making sure the volume was turned down. As it began to play, he turned the volume up.

   The first song was an immediate success with his guests. It just happened to be one of Jim's all-time favorites, an upbeat song by Donna Fargo, titled "Happiest Girl in the Whole USA." As the song began to play, Jim knew his friends were being introduced to an old style of music, but it was new to them.

   Rhasha and Shanha fell in love with one verse in the song: "I thank you, lord, for making him for me. And thank you for letting life turn out the way that I always thought it could be. Now, I once was a child and I could not imagine how it would feel to say, I'm the happiest girl in the whole USA."