Thread: Help the others, friendship
The
Cricket and the Toad
Antenor cricket was a nice guy. He was known by many
animals, as he used to take long walks through the Blue
Forest to meet other animals and make new friends.
The Blue Forest was a beautiful
place, full of beautiful flowers, trees and all kinds of
food: plants, fruit and a beautiful lake where it was
possible to drink clean water. Antenor, the cricket,
lived on the edge of this lake, in a beautiful little
house built by him. He had many neighbors who also lived
near the lake and who were his friends.
Near the lake, but on the opposite
side, lived the frog Valdemar, a hard-working guy who
liked to stay at home, reading and listening to music.
One night, Antenor decided to walk to
the side where he had never been. He had heard that on
the eastern side of the Blue Forest lived a bird named
Janjão, who knew how to predict when it was going to
rain. And he loved knowing the weather forecast!
Everything went well on Antenor’s
tour. Suddenly, however, the moon disappeared and
everything went very dark. Antenor, who was not afraid
of the dark, continued his walk. Suddenly, he felt a
strange thing at his feet... The earth was different...
- Help! Shouted Antenor. - Help!
He had fallen into a swamp. Swamp is
a place where the land is humid and animals can sink
until they die suffocated. The swamp was surrounded by
barbed wire, but as it was very dark Antenor couldn’t
see the danger.
In that moment of difficulty, Antenor
was still able to make a prayer for his guardian angel.
And he continued to shout:
- Help! I'm sinking!
What a tragic end for Antenor! He was
terrified. That's when he heard:
- Where are you?
- Here - shouted the cricket.
Who would it be? Thought Antenor.
It was Valdemar, the frog, passing
by. He was going to get a book borrowed from the house
of Diogenes, a friend of his who lived on the eastern
side of the Blue Forest.
Valdemar then saw the cricket and not
coming too close, not to fall into the swamp too, took a
wand and extended it to the cricket.
Antenor held on it and Valdemar
pulled the cricket out of the swamp.
The cricket was very grateful for the
help. Valdemar had saved his life!
Soon the two introduced themselves
and became friends.
That night they went to the bird’s
house Janjão together and learned many things about
weather. On the way back, they borrowed the book from
Diogenes, Valdemar's friend.
Talking, they discovered that they
both liked music a lot. Antenor lent his music CDs to
Valdemar, who was very pleased. They are even thinking
of forming a duet to sing at the Spring Festival.
And who could tell that this
friendship began when Valdemar decided to help someone,
even without knowing who it was. But the frog already
knew that helping the others does well to those who are
helped and also to those who help.
Text by Claudia Schmidt.
Translation:
Larissa Martine - larissa_am@hotmail.com
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