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- The City without letters
- Many years ago there was a small city between the mountains. The people
were very rich. They seemed very happy. Maybe they believed there could not be a
better world. Nothing different occurred. The people usually spent time
talking, playing and going to parties.
The place was far from other cities. Sometimes people that passed in
caravan thought about coming in that city. But to enter was permitted only with
elegant clothes. The days become a little monotonous. One morning. a strong
wind began to blow. The people were feeling something different. Two
rainbows appeared in the sky. But, what kind of thing could happy? .In the city a man arrived. He was wearing "jeans and t-shirt".
How can he arrive in the city wearing those clothes? All the people were astonished.
The story was: near. Passed a caravan. The people rested and ate. At that
moment an armadillo passed in front of the man. And the man tried to get the
armadillo. The animal ran and ran and entered the tunnel. The man persuade the
armadillo and finally.
He couldn't believe his eyes. The man was astonished. The place was so wonderful!
- While he was watching that marvelous place the people were nervous: Who is that guy?
How is here wearing those poor clothes...In a minute, the man becomes a prisoner...
they took the man to prison. It was the first time they had a prisoner. He was very
confused. What was happening to him? Maybe a bad dream? Or maybe he was as in
the story "Alice in the Wonderland”. But in this store Alice woke up. In
prison he had a good time. His breakfast was nice. After lunch he was
informed about his judgment.
He could request 2 things. He was very confused .It was impossible to
understand his situation. His request: a pen and a block of paper he thought
about writing to his family...
Nobody understood his request. The mayor had a meeting with a committee. And
again the prisoner asked for a pen and a block of paper. The were very
worried. How can a simple man want a thing that they couldn't understand?
They were very rich. They began to reflect. Maybe they were not complete. They decided to talk to
the prisoner. Well, he didn't look like a dangerous man. The prisoner was released.
But the people kept watching him. The prisoner could see that in the city
there weren’t Signs, names in products, no bookstores. In the store there was only paper to
wrap gifts and packages. The tailor sewed a beautiful suit for the
prisoner. Now he was as good looking as the other people in the city. One day
he saw a fire. They made a bonfire with his things. They thought they were
useless things. The man went in toward bonfire and got his knapsack. The
people looked at him. They couldn't believe.
Why did have that attitude? What values could stay in his old knapsack? They made
a circle around the man. They were very curious. But when the man opened his
knapsack .They were disappointed. It was so poor. There was only a
dictionary, a check, a pen and some books. The man could see the
disappointment of the people and told them: "It is very precious to me”. And he continued.
- Books, pens, paper are very important. Through those things I can say: What I think and know about the world in distant places. In front of the reaction of crowd, the
man was sure. That the People could not read or write. The city was very bright but in his mind, it was dark. They didn't know true wealth. They were only accustomed to material
things. The city was isolated there wasn't contact with other cities. The man tried to do a test. He got paper and pen and told them: Please, write your name's here. The people
felt terrible. The man tried to show them the word WRITE in his dictionary.
Quickly all the city knew about it. And they could see that they
understood. They were not as complete as they thought. In the world, there is more than counting money. This News becomes a cause of melancholy for of them. The old inhabitants were in meeting and invited the man to talk and teach them about "new knowledge”. On the date of the meeting the man could speak about the wonderful world of
books.writing.And how it was important to understand the world. This way the people became richer and wiser. The man spoke about school, methods of teaching to children and adults. They could become richer then now. The mayor opened one school. The first class
was ready. And those students could help the man to teach the new
students. They had a great movement in the city .Morning and night they
were studying. They were in a hurry. They quickly put posters in the streets,
stores, supermarket, etc .And they could write all the letters in the world.
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into what we've turned into.
We love our brothers & sisters
it's a strong bond, it's true.
there's nothing to compare it to.
There's puppy love, true love,
if we are doing it right?
When it should always be fullfilling
like we all dreamed it would.
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