Theme: Love of work
Little John´s dream
Little John lived with his parents near a forest. He was
a good boy, but he had one big flaw: he didn’t like to
collaborate with his family's activities.
The boy's father was a woodcutter and a carpenter. He
cut down trees from the forest and made beautiful
houses, handsome furniture and other useful wooden
objects with them. He also planted new seedlings to help
forest recover.
This was precisely John’s collaboration: taking care of
the seedlings.
He understood the importance of his father's activity
and was proud of him, however – poor Little John! - he
was so lazy that while he was watering the saplings of
the new trees and sweeping the land around them he was
always wrinkled in his forehead, feeling unhappy and
muttering:
- I wish that I didn’t have to take care of those
seedlings anymore!
One night before going to sleep, Little John wished to
rain in the next morning so he wouldn’t have to go along
his father to the forest.
When he slept, he began to dream that he no longer had
to take care of the new trees. In his dream, it had been
a long time since he had watered the seedlings or
grounded them. He was following his father to the forest
just to walk around and review the trees and the forest
environment.
But then the dream became bad when arrived at the usual
place he saw that the seedlings had died and the place
looked like a desert.
John felt bad in the face of that scene and began to cry
regretfully because he abandoned the small plants.
He sobbed loudly when he was awake by his mother. He was
relieved when he woke up and realized that it was all a
nightmare.
When dawned he was willing to follow his father and give
his collaboration to the activity which he deeply
admired and liked.
From now on, John put aside his laziness and became a
good worker.
As a result of his dedication the forest remained green
and full of life.
Adapted from the book Conte Mais, Histórias
Educacionais, Vol. 2, FERGS, FEB Publishing.
Translation:
Larissa Martine - larissa_am@hotmail.com
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