Caucasian. It looked like a miniature United Nations. On the President?s lap was a book. ?I thought tonight that you, my fellow Americans, would like to join me as I read one of my favorite stories to my two children and a few of their friends who happened to stop by.? Of course! Kids are always dropping by the White House for some warm milk, maybe a game of Go Fish, or to play hide-and-seek. There sure were a lot of great hiding places there. The President then read the classic American childrens story ?The Little Engine That Could? in the intimate setting of his office with an estimated 57,000,000 Americans watching. After finishing the text of the storybook, he then sang his version of the John Denver song by the same title. To say that he was tone deaf and a lacked the most basic singing skills would be a vast understatement. But he forged on. At the end of the song, the President prodded the reluctant children to join him in singing the closing lines. ?Then up that great big mountain with the cars all full of toys And soon they reached the waiting arms of little girls and boys And though that ends the story it will do you lots of good To take a lesson from the little engine that could Just think you can Just think you can Just have that understood And very soon you?ll start to say I always knew I could I