One of the first evenings back from overseas, the understanding parents of a soldier's girlfriend left them alone in the living room.

Naturally, they did not talk all the time. In the midst of a kiss, the soldier noticed her little sister in her nightgown watching them from the doorway.

"If you will be a good girl and go to bed, I will give you a quarter," he said to her.

Without taking the bribe or saying a word, she ran off but soon was back again.

"Here is a dollar," she said. "I wanna watch."

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.