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Spiritism for Kids - Célia Xavier Camargo - Portuguese  Spanish
Year 2 - N° 83 - November 23, 2008

  Translation
FELIPE DARELLA - felipe.darella@gmail.com
 

The lazy bunny

 

Roger was a bunny from a good family worried about his education.

He lived in a beautiful ranch, near the city, among other animals. 

As Roger didn’t like to work, the mother Rabbit oriented him saying: 

— My son, in this life we have to be useful somehow.

Everybody needs to accomplish a task. God hasn’t conceded us life to be a burden to nature. 

But the bunny kept rejecting work. 

One day he left home upset because his mom asked him to help in some chores like sweeping the small den where they lived.  

Jumping through some trails, Roger was whining. Tired, he sat on the shade of a tree, near a creek.  

Lazy, he sighed and said: 

— Ah! I feel like being a creek, which has nothing to do! 

For his surprise, a voice told him: 

— Sheer mistake. I work a lot. I carefully carry the water which will benefit plantations and will be used by human creatures in several tasks, and birds and animals come to me to quench their thirst. Besides, I serve as a dwelling for fish. 

Scared, Roger thought a little and, watching as a cow grazed, next to him, he considered: 

— Well, I’d like to be that cow than that spends its entire time doing nothing. Only eating and sleeping. 

The cow, which heard the bunny’s words, came up to him and mooed: 

— Moo... Moo.... How come I do nothing? I provide milk every morning. And not mentioning some sisters that give away their own lives for the sake of humans. 

Disappointed, the bunny looked around to see if he found anybody who didn’t do anything.  
 

The tree, which was quiet so far, joined the conversation: 


— don’t look at me! I also work. I give flowers and fruits that can be eaten. I shelter birds, little animals and bugs in my strong branches. Besides, everybody likes to rest on my shade. Like you, for example! 

The lamb, which came up to talk, said that he provided wool to make clothes; the hen, which was near too, said that she gave away her eggs as food and, even a spider which was working on

a web, had a task:   

— If it were not me, eating bugs and flies around, your life would be impossible! — she said, proudly. 

The bunny was very ashamed. He was the only one who didn’t do anything. 

Thoughtful, Roger came back home. 

He found his mom busy looking for some food for his family. Without saying anything, he picked up a broom and started working.   

                                                               Aunt Célia

 



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