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Anne was a very
misbehaved
child. She used
to sit down on
the ground and
cry for no
reason, kick,
scream and feel
irritated.
She would damage
all books and
magazines she
found around
her, break all
expensive toys
she got as a
present from her
parents and
fight the few
friends she had.
As a result,
Anne ended up
alone.
She became such
an unbearable
child to around
that no one
would want to
play with her.
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Her parents
gently and with
patience used to
tell her with
kindness:
— Don’t do it,
Anne!
— Don’t break
your doll, she
is so pretty!
— Don’t damage
your book; it
has such as
interesting
story!
— Don’t hit your
friends, please!
She would never
take their
advice. After a
while, Anne
would start to
cry loud for new
toys, books and
magazines and
not stop until
she had them.
Her kind mother
was feeling
discourage for
not knowing how
to act.
Anne was her
only daughter
and she treated
her with a lot
of love, taking
care of all her
demands. Now she
wanted to hold
back but wasn’t
able to.
Desperately, she
prayed to God
for help; to
guide her and
show her how to
act; which
attitudes to
change. She
didn’t know what
to do as no
matter what
advice she
followed Anne
wasn’t changing
her behaviour.
One day, Anne
was being
extremely
misbehaved. Her
mother prayed in
tears
supplicating the
help of our
Celestial
Father. On the
same night, Anne
went to sleep
and had a dream…
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She dreamed she
was at her own
house. Anne saw
her body asleep,
but she didn’t
know what was
going on. She
felt much
lighter and in
the beginning
she found it
quite funny and
enjoyed the
situation.
Suddenly, some
strange looking
creatures wanted
to fight with
her for being so
bad, selfish and
despotic.
Anne had a close
look at them,
and recognised
all
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the
characters
from the
books
and
magazines
she had
destroyed.
They
were
angry
because
they
didn’t
have a
place
now to
go to;
they
lost
their
homes.
Anne was
scared,
trying
to
defend
herself,
crying
for
help,
but no
one came
to help
her.
She tried to run
away from her
room through the
front door, but
then she saw her
toys coming
towards her.
They were all
damaged and
missing a few
pieces.
The doll had a
broken leg and
the puppy had no
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Frightened, she
saw her friends
looking at the
scene through
the window. She
cried for help,
but they just
laughed at her.
She called for
her parents, but
they didn’t seem
to listen to
her. After
shouting for a
long time, she
remembered her
mom thought her
how to pray… |
She than begged,
with tears in
her eyes:
— Jesus, please
help! I never
realised how
many bad things
I was doing. I
want to be a
better child!
On that moment
she fall into a
deep hole and
woke up in her
bed. Her mother,
who was very
worried and
standing by her
side, asked:
— What happened,
my dear? You
seem to have had
a very agitated
dream!
Anne hugged her
mother and said
in tears:
— Oh! Mummy, if
you just knew! I
had a terrible
nightmare, but
it thought me a
lesson. I
promise to be a
better person
from this day
onwards.
And from that
day, for
everyone’s
surprise, Anne
started to be a
very docile,
obedient, good
behaved child.
She started to
look after her
books, magazines
and toys with
love, and never
fought with her
friends nor
disrespected any
person.
Aunt Celia
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