{"id":83135,"date":"2022-01-02T13:57:37","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T13:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=83135"},"modified":"2022-01-02T13:57:37","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T13:57:37","slug":"an-amazing-tale-by-des-kelly-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/an-amazing-tale-by-des-kelly-2\/","title":{"rendered":"An Amazing Tale \u2013 By Des Kelly"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #800000;\"><b>An Amazing Tale \u2013 By Des Kelly<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Once again, a huge &#8220;thank you&#8221; to Max Gerreyn for this most amazing TRUE STORY. A strange feeling tells me that\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">our esteemed readers of e&#8217;Lanka could well do without any lengthy introduction to this Amazonian Tale, so allow me to take you straight into it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-75857 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Desmond-Kelly160-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Desmond Kelly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">(Editor-in-Chief) eLanka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000; font-size: 24px;\">\u00a0<strong>Amazing Story&#8230;&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-83137\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/An-Amazing-Tale-\u2013-By-Des-Kelly.jpg\" alt=\"An Amazing Tale \u2013 By Des Kelly\" width=\"396\" height=\"261\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">In 1964 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, when this woman got pregnant her senior year in high school, the principal told her she would not be allowed to graduate.\u00a0She begged the school to change its mind.\u00a0It did, but there were conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">She was not allowed to talk to the other students.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">She was barred from eating in the cafeteria.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">She could not come to school more than five minutes in advance of the opening bell, and she had to leave school within five minutes of the closing bell.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">She was not allowed to get her diploma onstage with the rest of the students.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">She did marry the father of her child, but it lasted only a year. He was not a good husband and not a good father.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">After the divorce, he never had any contact whatsoever with his ex-wife and their son.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">A couple of years later, she married a Cuban emigrant, a good and decent man. He adopted her son and gave him his name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">Many years later, in 2013, the biological father was operating a bicycle shop in California when a writer\/reporter came by and asked if he could talk to him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><strong><em>That was when the biological father, Ted Jorgensen, found out that his biological son is Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world.<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">When Bezos exited the space capsule, the first person he hugged was his mother.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\">AMAZON founder Jeff Bezos sought the help of his parents to kick start his company back in 1995. Since then, Amazon has become one of the top five wealthiest companies globally, with a net worth of over $314billion.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.the-sun.com%2fnews%2f2262329%2fjeff-bezos-parents-amazon-ceo-trillionaire%2f&amp;c=E,1,57NriOgEpGMpoeOFumd78qQOAPHGQ9YLEAoJTcbl4x9KRUVXY79FBdN8GG0HqnSwPk7KUaQmKFwTk7GwxzK9SvnyYa0oQAyPYA3QuLMLGA,,&amp;typo=1\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fwww.the-sun.com%252fnews%252f2262329%252fjeff-bezos-parents-amazon-ceo-trillionaire%252f%26c%3DE,1,57NriOgEpGMpoeOFumd78qQOAPHGQ9YLEAoJTcbl4x9KRUVXY79FBdN8GG0HqnSwPk7KUaQmKFwTk7GwxzK9SvnyYa0oQAyPYA3QuLMLGA,,%26typo%3D1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1641217683338000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1yLs5jwvK2PDnBvfFo-5d7\">Who are Jeff Bezos&#8217; parents?<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.the-sun.com%2fnews%2f2262329%2fjeff-bezos-parents-amazon-ceo-trillionaire%2f&amp;c=E,1,5yG6BBpSvd65UAxVt0hLZSop0NgF84vj5hENZy7dw40QskTzKL-MyZmvHPIABQEU2WWVNXKvMU1hhwFF1zTHoi3e9RPQ1ooffMTEkwDJ8cK4wWH11lY,&amp;typo=1\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fwww.the-sun.com%252fnews%252f2262329%252fjeff-bezos-parents-amazon-ceo-trillionaire%252f%26c%3DE,1,5yG6BBpSvd65UAxVt0hLZSop0NgF84vj5hENZy7dw40QskTzKL-MyZmvHPIABQEU2WWVNXKvMU1hhwFF1zTHoi3e9RPQ1ooffMTEkwDJ8cK4wWH11lY,%26typo%3D1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1641217683338000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3TyRDBBdB6DjD3jJKMo0e8\">Bezos, 57, was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to Jacklyn and Ted Jorgensen.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.the-sun.com%2fnews%2f2262329%2fjeff-bezos-parents-amazon-ceo-trillionaire%2f&amp;c=E,1,Y9pp2_DWLFsMRSV1R2JU0Hjg9CgpBBGhcrix6W3oRvR8A6_rDY5uoH7FXVzZtbaGlYznB3OOSWfXyBCqC3EJOP0L5G0VklFyOK_WcCIgrWXYdpiOKds,&amp;typo=1\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fwww.the-sun.com%252fnews%252f2262329%252fjeff-bezos-parents-amazon-ceo-trillionaire%252f%26c%3DE,1,Y9pp2_DWLFsMRSV1R2JU0Hjg9CgpBBGhcrix6W3oRvR8A6_rDY5uoH7FXVzZtbaGlYznB3OOSWfXyBCqC3EJOP0L5G0VklFyOK_WcCIgrWXYdpiOKds,%26typo%3D1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1641217683338000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1H4DNt7CmdX21SIyRcas6-\">Jacklyn was 17-years-old when she gave birth to Bezos and was still a high school student at the time.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.the-sun.com%2fnews%2f2262329%2fjeff-bezos-parents-amazon-ceo-trillionaire%2f&amp;c=E,1,R6REf58nSC8CnsxGQgvBopk4BNok8CtJ951ogvnTroY9zIQKbeRtJOlvEkJm5ag7ry7_MK4Sz_owNnszh9P9DKIE1H15qkkC2CTZgL20yb__UNVSLw,,&amp;typo=1\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fwww.the-sun.com%252fnews%252f2262329%252fjeff-bezos-parents-amazon-ceo-trillionaire%252f%26c%3DE,1,R6REf58nSC8CnsxGQgvBopk4BNok8CtJ951ogvnTroY9zIQKbeRtJOlvEkJm5ag7ry7_MK4Sz_owNnszh9P9DKIE1H15qkkC2CTZgL20yb__UNVSLw,,%26typo%3D1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1641217683338000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Gz6gT0qK4-tlT2R7IVLC7\">Bezos\u2019 dad Ted owned a local bike shop in the city.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.the-sun.com%2fnews%2f2262329%2fjeff-bezos-parents-amazon-ceo-trillionaire%2f&amp;c=E,1,8qChgzJ-hrgvZ6lCiIIdDtO3vMykbTOd81VCqYT4R_mifFLdyiihyLFS4yF8qsd6Yw3WuOaA9-go8agjm56PjVvy0GCA5KemJvrYLaLnK0dKN7h8Xkc9POCOZ6fC&amp;typo=1\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fwww.the-sun.com%252fnews%252f2262329%252fjeff-bezos-parents-amazon-ceo-trillionaire%252f%26c%3DE,1,8qChgzJ-hrgvZ6lCiIIdDtO3vMykbTOd81VCqYT4R_mifFLdyiihyLFS4yF8qsd6Yw3WuOaA9-go8agjm56PjVvy0GCA5KemJvrYLaLnK0dKN7h8Xkc9POCOZ6fC%26typo%3D1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1641217683339000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1rgMMl81wm6qnIkRwYeAhu\">The pair divorced in 1965 and Jacklyn met Miguel \u201cMike\u201d Bezos shortly after and fell in love.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.the-sun.com%2fnews%2f2262329%2fjeff-bezos-parents-amazon-ceo-trillionaire%2f&amp;c=E,1,DeZVZFitHuSmtHKdKDDYNwgWp0QxCL4jlHdPwcmEnH5g5_ucuyCSoIapb7Lq5pGESF1MWMgND1d-S8AKLTDfFK_JL21be87aAh5I5AdVJsg,&amp;typo=1\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fwww.the-sun.com%252fnews%252f2262329%252fjeff-bezos-parents-amazon-ceo-trillionaire%252f%26c%3DE,1,DeZVZFitHuSmtHKdKDDYNwgWp0QxCL4jlHdPwcmEnH5g5_ucuyCSoIapb7Lq5pGESF1MWMgND1d-S8AKLTDfFK_JL21be87aAh5I5AdVJsg,%26typo%3D1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1641217683339000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2BIHDRo8890qsrZGNgJxTs\">She and Mike moved to\u00a0Houston\u00a0with Bezos and asked him to adopt her son when he was four years old.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.the-sun.com%2fnews%2f2262329%2fjeff-bezos-parents-amazon-ceo-trillionaire%2f&amp;c=E,1,Q2vQjV5vxXII7VRp5uvu_aO8Nc69P4HFx4bGNitzMQg7gbnON9nOM3buUaS3setXWvyefI2A70CPFg_ttmvO1KTXhKfPy5BZoNW6_flssNzTj_U6Kw,,&amp;typo=1\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fwww.the-sun.com%252fnews%252f2262329%252fjeff-bezos-parents-amazon-ceo-trillionaire%252f%26c%3DE,1,Q2vQjV5vxXII7VRp5uvu_aO8Nc69P4HFx4bGNitzMQg7gbnON9nOM3buUaS3setXWvyefI2A70CPFg_ttmvO1KTXhKfPy5BZoNW6_flssNzTj_U6Kw,,%26typo%3D1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1641217683339000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1fYsDqQnSrEi_FgLAs7OR0\">Mike agreed and raised Bezos, even granting him his last name.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.the-sun.com%2fnews%2f2262329%2fjeff-bezos-parents-amazon-ceo-trillionaire%2f&amp;c=E,1,IuTuwHw_ljf29uvoM1QUnI0kX0RJrlX6P5Ql-4xi2dxK_Oso98pCEp_NLHSyCyrmxYHOuKG_EEKbq1xoIVpsJk0XfQPC0d_NEwVyAUVophmEkFkbOytezUAx9LI,&amp;typo=1\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fwww.the-sun.com%252fnews%252f2262329%252fjeff-bezos-parents-amazon-ceo-trillionaire%252f%26c%3DE,1,IuTuwHw_ljf29uvoM1QUnI0kX0RJrlX6P5Ql-4xi2dxK_Oso98pCEp_NLHSyCyrmxYHOuKG_EEKbq1xoIVpsJk0XfQPC0d_NEwVyAUVophmEkFkbOytezUAx9LI,%26typo%3D1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1641217683339000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0roRfi9nnSq5rrSpkSmmKa\">Mike came from a Cuban immigrant family and worked as an engineer for Exxon when he moved to the US.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.the-sun.com%2fnews%2f2262329%2fjeff-bezos-parents-amazon-ceo-trillionaire%2f&amp;c=E,1,ev6_pgcQmGxkEQXQqb-5AH0iGVoDVLQBM4baGgIDFeHSOfCk9-a3yHlK3n4Cb1_XPSIfIJ6jmURK_wSEuukIc9hdyWFdOnzzu9ZNIXmH1q7jnij-6kI,&amp;typo=1\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fwww.the-sun.com%252fnews%252f2262329%252fjeff-bezos-parents-amazon-ceo-trillionaire%252f%26c%3DE,1,ev6_pgcQmGxkEQXQqb-5AH0iGVoDVLQBM4baGgIDFeHSOfCk9-a3yHlK3n4Cb1_XPSIfIJ6jmURK_wSEuukIc9hdyWFdOnzzu9ZNIXmH1q7jnij-6kI,%26typo%3D1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1641217683339000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1P2A6pZtWxk4SjGs-FnT-u\">Did Jeff Bezos\u2019 parents help him with Amazon?<\/a><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.the-sun.com%2fnews%2f2262329%2fjeff-bezos-parents-amazon-ceo-trillionaire%2f&amp;c=E,1,-53SJgby-IQXI7T2iW_8J3Zdz_sngDS8qM4kG9rsuSEM_leht7ultp27Sp85t8_PMDs6UckFSL0TiATza7p2-lzsLbs2yTMeIE8FI-xTZU8o7wULZ84YScbp&amp;typo=1\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fwww.the-sun.com%252fnews%252f2262329%252fjeff-bezos-parents-amazon-ceo-trillionaire%252f%26c%3DE,1,-53SJgby-IQXI7T2iW_8J3Zdz_sngDS8qM4kG9rsuSEM_leht7ultp27Sp85t8_PMDs6UckFSL0TiATza7p2-lzsLbs2yTMeIE8FI-xTZU8o7wULZ84YScbp%26typo%3D1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1641217683339000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1_Q9YLr7joLJW2fwGTyRLO\">Bezos presented Mike and Jacklyn with the idea of\u00a0Amazon\u00a0back in 1995.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.the-sun.com%2fnews%2f2262329%2fjeff-bezos-parents-amazon-ceo-trillionaire%2f&amp;c=E,1,KioJbBNW-tD0m3dADa2Og9VYckZB5m6FEeYh0NjwEmP8LfQ0UYMjjJUkVSTusb4HVSVPQy6fUbeu64csu9Sp1y71AIT3n5Ppq2eaWOu6-LI26wX2kgljuAE57A,,&amp;typo=1\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fwww.the-sun.com%252fnews%252f2262329%252fjeff-bezos-parents-amazon-ceo-trillionaire%252f%26c%3DE,1,KioJbBNW-tD0m3dADa2Og9VYckZB5m6FEeYh0NjwEmP8LfQ0UYMjjJUkVSTusb4HVSVPQy6fUbeu64csu9Sp1y71AIT3n5Ppq2eaWOu6-LI26wX2kgljuAE57A,,%26typo%3D1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1641217683339000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0LlkLNxLkfPWHf27UNVONR\">His parents lent him $245,573, which at the time was considered a large sum of money and a massive risk as the internet was fairly new.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 16px;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwww.the-sun.com%2fnews%2f2262329%2fjeff-bezos-parents-amazon-ceo-trillionaire%2f&amp;c=E,1,f5kvUqzBQ35FlZQJFVlGM8YrmFZ6SBmoJPIoVv63cRKYl6Q8qGMuw5iNQG7HOijAKU3py18QcxQRB12mRi7U0jb3qLHkpcAxyyH0jEk2YY6OyMpCS8RPOlg,&amp;typo=1\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/linkprotect.cudasvc.com\/url?a%3Dhttps%253a%252f%252fwww.the-sun.com%252fnews%252f2262329%252fjeff-bezos-parents-amazon-ceo-trillionaire%252f%26c%3DE,1,f5kvUqzBQ35FlZQJFVlGM8YrmFZ6SBmoJPIoVv63cRKYl6Q8qGMuw5iNQG7HOijAKU3py18QcxQRB12mRi7U0jb3qLHkpcAxyyH0jEk2YY6OyMpCS8RPOlg,%26typo%3D1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1641217683339000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Kxhjf9DDGPps0ka_RuOD8\">Bezos turned $245,573 into $1trillion as of 2021 and is the\u00a0world\u2019s wealthiest person as of July 2021.<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Amazing Tale \u2013 By Des Kelly &nbsp; Once again, a huge &#8220;thank you&#8221; 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