“KNOCK A ROOSTER OFF A FENCE”  may appear to be a children’s book both from its title as well as from its initial content, but what it is actually is a small book designed to seduce adult decision makers into re-visiting, however briefly, some of the experiences of innocence and trust.

The responses recorded here have come from children between the ages of eight and twelve and represent their creative reactions to improbable situations.   

It is entirely possible that adults will not only find the imagination entertaining, but the technique mid-jogging, and the suggestions useful.

The following is an example:

Question:  WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE SUNSHINE BEING SOLID?

Responses from children:

The sun would be only in a few places at a time.

It might hurt to get hit by one.

I would bat the solid sunshine like a base ball and start to run bases…you would not have to have a pitcher.

To be completely safe we would have to wear armor like the knights in the Middle Ages.

People would get sun-tanned harder.

The sunlight would be easier to measure.

Clouds would have difficulty covering the sun.

The sun might run out of whatever it was sending down.

It might even knock a rooster off a fence.

Everywhere there would be a piece of sun sticking out melting the plant life.

Sunlight would go through windows a little differently than it does now.

If it were solid you could climb up near the sun.

There would be no night because when the sun went down the solid light would still be there.

If there would be a shortage of lumber, the solid sunshine, if it were made of the right things, could be used in building houses and other buildings.

The following is a suggested improbable situation for a business oriented mind set.  This is an example of what might be asked of a company's associates in order to encourage a creative thinking response: 

Just suppose a company's 100 most important clients transferred to that company's most obvious competitor because the economic savings were so great, what would be your response?

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