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Once upon a
time, a girl
called Claire
was going to
school with her
mother. She was
feeling unhappy
and irritated.
Why did she have
to go to school?
What was the
point? Her dad
never studied
and was able to
have a decent
life. He worked
in the
construction
field and always
managed to build
beautiful
houses.
This is so
unfair! — She
thought. I feel
I am obliged to
go to school
everyday!
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They passed by a
farm where she
saw a chicken
walking around
in the fields.
She then said to
her mother:
— This chicken
looks so happy,
mom. She doesn’t
have to study or
go to school.
She doesn’t need
to do anything.
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— How
come? —
Her
mother
said. —
This
chicken
works
laying
eggs
which
will
feed
this
family. |
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After a short
while the girl
saw a cow eating
grass next to
her cub. She
then looked at
both creatures
and complained
to her mother:
— This cow
doesn’t need to
work or go to
school, mum. She
must be so
happy!
— This cow helps
us by providing
milk to
children, my
daughter.
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They then passed
by a beautiful
garden where the
girl saw a bee
flying around.
This bee then
stopped over a
flower.
— This tiny bee
doesn’t have to
do anything. It
flies around all
the time having
fun. This is
what I’d like to
do!
Her mom, very
patiently,
said:
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— You are wrong,
Claire. These
bees are working
in the fields
flying and doing
their task. The
bees obtain the
nectar from
flowers. They
will then
produce a very
sweet and useful
honey. This
honey is very
good for our
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Claire felt
disappointed.
— You are saying
that everyone
works?
— That’s right
my daughter.
Every living
being
collaborates
with nature
doing its own
tasks.
She then
reacted,
irritated:
— No one needs
to go to school.
My dad never
studied and
still earns
money by working
in the
construction
field.
The mother
looked at her
seriously but
with kindness:
— Oh, Claire!
You have no idea
how much your
dad regrets not
studying. When
he was a child,
he lived in a
farm where there
were no schools
around. The
family later on
decided to move
to the city but
your granddad
was not able to
afford to pay
for your dad to
go to school.
Your father
always dreamed
of becoming an
engineer, but he
was never able
to. Today he
builds houses,
but this is not
what he really
wanted to do. He
actually wanted
to plan
constructions,
by turning into
reality the
ideas he has in
paper. Nowadays
all he can do is
obey to the
orders he
receives at
work. He never
complains about
it. He never
felt unhappy
with God either
since he is able
to maintain our
family.
Therefore, if he
could choose he
would have
studied.
Clare stopped
talking for a
while and
thought about
what her mother
said. They
arrived at
school in the
meantime. She
then said
good-bye to her
mother and
said:
— Right, mom. I
will never
complain
anymore. I now
understand that
everyone needs
to do something.
I also need to
do my tasks. I
will study now
to have a better
future.
Mother and
daughter hugged
for a while and
Claire went off
to school,
smiling.
(Message from
the spirit
Meimei, psycho
graphed by Célia
Xavier de
Camargo in July
2005, in
Rolândia, PR.)
Aunt Celia
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