Thursday, April 24, 2014
On the job
Until one day a young
couple passed through.
The woman was carrying on her back a
little baby-girl,
wrapped in a colored band. The baby-girl heard
the sighs of
the old building andfelt sad about it.
She used to love
smiles, and she wanted
everyone in the world to be happy. She raised
her head, and asked:
"What happened to you old building? Why
are you crying?", The old building was very surprised about
the attention of the baby-girl.
It was not used to be
asked questions by
someone. " Why are you sad old building?
" Repeated the
baby-girl. "I'm
sad because I'm old and useless,
and above all I feel so
lonely."
The girl kept
quiet for a moment, and
then said: "Do not
worry old building. You
are neither old nor useless, the problem is
that no one has ever understood you.
Look how big you are!
We'll restructure you, we'll
fix your windows, we'll paint your walls,
and we'll fill your
rooms with chairs and benches. We will make of you
a school. You will be
colorful and gorgeous.
Children will play in
your garden, which will be the most bloomy of
the village. You'll be surrounded by cheerful little voices of
children of all around
the world, and you'll never feel lonely
anymore. "
Friday, April 18, 2014
An old building
in the village of Lugalo, there was an old building. It was long and dark, with a single door and a narrow corridor with sixteen equal tiny rooms. The floor was cracked, the walls dirty and scraped, the windows were bitten by rats and termites.
The old building was sad, because no one wanted to live in his dark tiny rooms, and in all those years it had never done any good. Even his owner was telling him: "You are useless! That's what you are! I've built you, and now nobody wants to live here! Your wooden windows have so many holes that I could use them as a colander. Useless! That's what you are...! " And the old building was getting every day darker, every day more sad.
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