FAIRY TALES 5
A SHED FULL OF WONDERFUL BOOKS
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When the children and animals opened the door of the shed,they stopped speechless with delight. In the shed there were several wicker chairs, a table and a lamp. And there were piles of old books around, there were a lot of them.
Everyone made themselves comfortable in the shed. The children began to look trough the books, and animals fell asleep at their feet. They weren’t hungry,earlier ate sandwiches, drank water and juice that they had in backpacks. Children gave animals dry food and clean water.
Owl told them that will fly to the monastery to inform Mr. Joseph that he have guests.
Childrenlooked into the books with great curiosity. Many of the books were written in unknown languages. Some had decoratie letters, that children had never seen before. Elon mused: I’m sure it’s in Chinese, or Indian, or Arabic, or maybe Russian.
The animals asked: Is there a handwritingof dog sor pigs? We could learn to read. Reni laughed: Animals don’t have their own writing.So you won’t have to learn to read. We’ll read to you when we find something about animals here.
Oh,I’m looking at beatiful book with colorful illustrations of dinosaurs. I’ll show you. – Elon said and lay down on the floor, so that Trolly and Fyfy could peep in. Reni crouched down too, curious. Elon said: You won’t see such animals now. They lived a long, long time ago, and they were as big as buses, some of them could fly.Reni said: They were winged dragons.I,ve seen it in cinema. They’re going to eat us. Trolly growled: I’d defend you and bite your legs.
Fyfy squealed: I’d hide and scare yhem by roaring like a wild boar, because one day I’ll growup to be a wild boar anyway. Reni said:And in the video, I saw the gods flying on winged dragons, and they had blue bodies and golden robes.
There weren’t anydogs or wild boars either- Elon explained. Reni surmised: We were all not born then,we slept in cribs cribs in heaven. Trolly asked:And where are the dinosaurs now ? Elon said: Their bodies and skeletons are in the ground. And their souls may be in hell, maybe in purgatory. Fyfy asked: And what is the soul, what does it look like, where is it now ? Elon said: It’s a long story, you’ll find out from the priest in religion class when you go to an animal school.
Oh,look what an interesting book I have here. It is old, framed fabric, the photos in it are black and whiteand there are maps in it. This is a book about an aviator’s trip to Asia almost 100 years ago – Elon said encouragigly.The animals complained: We don’t know what Aia is or what maps are. Reni didn’t know either, but she kept silent, pretending to know.
Elon said: Asia is huge landmass, much larger than our Europe. But it is connected to Europe by mountains, which are called the Urals.Here you can see on the map. A mao is a shortened little picture of the world. Reni said: I have a globe athome. The Earth is round and the globe is like the Earth, and there are maps of countries, seas, rivers, and mountains on it. I’llshow it to youwhen you come to me.Animals were delighted.
It’s a beatiful thing.We’re going to see the whole Earth!. Now look where those old airmen flew on their own, where they stopped. Because theplanesof the past were not as fast as they are nowand they lookedcompletely different. Look at the pictures- Eon said as he turned the pages of the book.
That’s why they say beyond the seven mountain it.
Trolly barked: But beatiful churches and sculptures od strangepeople,allovergrown tree roots.
Elon read in the book:This countrywhere is it has a dificult name. Angkor Wat.
At this moment it smelled good, and two young gentelmen in hoods and long dresses girded with ropes entered the shed. They were monks and they were carrying their lunch in a basket.
They put a white tablecloth on the table, put out plates andcutlery, put very tasty dishes for the children,and gave the animals food onthe floor in nice clay bowls. The four of them ate with gusto, and the friars went to see the birds inthe conservatory.
They come back and one of them said: ayaou should go home now, because your parents must be worried. Come here next week inthe morning. Abbot Joseph wants to get to knowyou personally and shoe you Mr. John’s treasures.
The other monk searches anong the books and pulled lut one of them. He said: This is a gift for you. This book called “One Thousandand One Nights” When you read it, you’re going to give it back here.
Now you will go with us to the car and we will drive you home. We’ll pick uo on Saturday morning.
They all got into a black Ford car. The children said which streetsthey livedon andgavethe house nombers. The monks first took her home to Reni’s house, then they took Fyfy the pig to Mrs. Susy. At the end Elon and Trolly drove them in, and Elon had a borrowed book called “One Thousand and One Nights”
Reni and Elon told their parents where theyhad beenand what they were doing.Theirparentswere very pleased and proud of what their children had seen and whom theyhad meet. Abbot Joseph’s , and that they should be in Mr John’s gardenall day in a week.
Elon’s parents looked with delight at the book that Abbot Joseph had lent him. Elon’s dad said: This book was old, full of colorful illustrations. I had such a bookas a child.But during the war, our house was burneddownby the enemy everythin was gone.
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I have lived in Poland since I was born. I am a graduate of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Psychology.
I worked as a psychologist with children and adolescents. Now she works with terminally ill people. For years he has been painting pictures, composing music and above all writing. I write poems, short stories, essays and fairy tales for children