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Once upon a
time, at a very
far away
village, lived
an eight year
old called
Fabio. His dad
worked as a
woodcutter and
maintained his
family.
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On one rainy
morning, Fabio
couldn’t leave
the house to
play in the
garden. He then
looked though
the window and
got distracted
by watching the
rain fall at it.
He then saw a
small bee that
got stuck inside
the house. The
little bee was
trying to leave
the house but
couldn’t since
it was hitting
the glass
window. It was
trying really
hard to be set
free, but wasn’t
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— Oh, a bee! —
He screamed.
Fabio thought
the bee was
going to harm
him; he knew it
would be painful
if it hurt him.
His first
impulse was to
kill the bee. He
raised his hand
to smash it
against the
glass window.
Therefore, the
little animal
looked at him.
Fabio could feel
how afraid the
little animal
was as it looked
at him in the
eyes. They
seemed to say:
— Please, be
merciful!
Fabio
reconsidered. He
imagined he was
at the bee’s
shoes; without
being able to
fly away from
that place. He
felt
compassionate,
opened the
window and set
it free.
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The little bee
stopped in the
air for a while,
as if it was
saying:
— God bless you!
Thank you, my
friend.
Some time later,
Fabio decided to
go for a walk in
the forest. He
was looking for
his dad, who was
cutting wood in
the forest. The
boy got into
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the
forest,
but
suddenly
realised
he was
lost.
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— I can’t find
my dad! How am I
going to go back
home? I don’t
know the way
back! — He
talked to
himself.
He suddenly
regretted his
action. He left
home without
telling his mom
and now he
didn’t know what
to do. They were
not going to be
able to find
him, as no one
knew where he
was.
He cried for
help, but got no
response back.
He screamed out
loud, but no one
seemed to hear
him. He then got
tired and
decided to sit
under a tree.
He cried a lot
as he felt
really scared.
It was just
about to get
dark and he knew
there were
dangerous
animals out
there.
He suddenly
heard a noise by
his side:
zoom... zoom....
zoom....
He then saw the
little bee. He
remembered the
one he saved the
other day,
looking at him
when he decided
to let the
animal out from
the house.
— Who will be
helping me? — He
said.
It seemed to
understand his
question and
decided to rest
at his shoulder.
He felt
comforted by his
new friend. The
little bee flew
to the tree next
to him. Fabio
then realised
this was the
bee’s house as
there was a bee
house there.
The other bees
came out of the
bee house and
started to fly
around him.
Fabio didn’t
feel scared as
he knew they
were not trying
to harm him as
they were his
new friends. He
felt accepted by
them.
He was starving
and ate the
honey from the
bee house. As
the day went
darker, Fabio
felt calm and
peaceful as he
knew wild
animals wouldn’t
get close to him
because they
were afraid of
the bees.
Fabio spent the
night there,
being protected
by his new
friends. On the
following day,
his dad started
to search for
him with a group
of people. He
was shocked when
he saw Fabio
sleeping
peacefully under
a tree.
Everyone was
surprised to see
he was ok and
safe. Fabio then
told the group
how he was
protected by the
little bees.
They were
thankful to him
for saving one
of their
sisters.
His dad hugged
him and said,
feeling happy
and quite
relieved:
— My son, every
action has a
return, even if
good or bad. It
will depend on
what we decide
to do. In this
case, by helping
the little bee,
you deserved to
be helped by
them. This is
the law of life:
everything we
seed, we will
harvest. This is
why we need to
think very
carefully on the
things we do to
others and to
ourselves.
Fabio started to
think about what
could have
happened if he
decided not to
open the window
for the little
bee.
Aunt Celia
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