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Alvin was a boy
who never
finished what he
started doing.
He always left
the things
incomplete.
It was terrible!
In the morning,
he went to brush
his teeth and
left the
toothpaste open.
He left the
shower and it
was dripping.
When he was
getting dressed,
he opened the
door of the
wardrobe and
left it open. He
opened the
fridge to grab
something and
left the door
open. He sat to
do the homework
and left the
books on the
table.
So, his clothes were always lain
somewhere, the
toys
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out of
order,
his
skates
in the
middle
of the
room,
the
toothpaste
open and
so on. |
His mom tried to
teach him to be
organized,
putting things
in order, but it
never worked!
Alvin never
changed. He had
the same
answer:
— Oooops, I
forgot it!
One day, Alvin’s
mom decided to
teach him a
lesson.
Early in the
morning, when
the boy went to
dress his
uniform to go to
school it was
crumpled. He
complained:
— Mom! Look at
my uniform! All
crumpled!
His mom
answered:
— I forgot to
iron it! You’re
going to have to
dress it anyway,
son.
And so Alvin
went to school
with that
uniform.
Later, when he
came back, he
sat to have
lunch. He was
hungry!
As he opened the
pan to serve, he
saw it was full
of water and the
grains, hard.
— Mom! What
happened? The
rice tastes
awful!
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And his mom
answered,
pretending to be
surprised:
— Oooops! I
forgot to light
the fire! Wait a
bit, son, I’ll
finish it up in
a minute.
And this was the
whole day. His
bed was made in
half, the
bathroom was all
wet, the cake
was still
unbaked, and the
clothes were
dirty.
The answer was
always the same.
His mom had
forgotten it.
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At the end of
the day, Alvin
couldn’t stand
it anymore:
— What happened
today, Mom? The
house is upside
down, you’re
very forgetful.
I can’t take it
anymore!
As she heard his
complaint, she
said:
— What are you
talking about,
Alvin? I did
exactly what you
do every day!
You forget what
you’re doing and
leave it
incomplete.
As he saw his
mom was right,
Alvin learned
the lesson and
promised to
himself to be
more careful
with his
attitudes from
that day on.
He learned that
his family had
patience with
him during all
the time, while
he couldn’t
stand that for a
day!
From that day
on, Alvin became
a careful and
organized boy,
with his own
things and the
others’, of use
of his family.
Aunt Célia
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