Six-year-old boy lands his dream job

In July of 2009, six-year-old Sam Pointon heard that Andrew Scott, director at the National Railway Museum in York, United Kingdom, was retiring.

The train-loving boy promptly applied to be his replacement.

He was offered a job.

Museum officials, taken with the child's enthusiasm, created the position "director of fun" for Sam.

In his hand-written application, recently scanned and posted on Letters of Note, Sam wrote: "I have an electric train track. I am good on my train track. I can control two trains at once."

Clearly qualified for the job, Sam was thrilled with his new (albeit temporary) position:

"It is the best job in the world. I love it. It is good fun. My favourite is the steam engine, I like it when the wheels go round."

The only downside to finding a dream job before high school? Sam's parents had to explain to him that he had to keep going to school.

His mother, Lorraine, told the BBC at the time: "Like any little boy of his age he is train-mad. He's very interested in the moving parts and pistons. He can't get enough of them. He thinks now he has got this job he won't have to go to school. We had to tell him he still has to go to school."

As for Andrew Scott, he was touched by the boy's interest in his job.

"It's always fantastic to see such young children with a real passion for trains, just like I had when I was a boy."

Read Scott's earnest application letter here.

Moral of the story: It never hurts to apply for that dream job.

(Photo credit: Paul Hackett/Reuters)