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Spiritism for Kids - Célia Xavier Camargo - Portuguese  Spanish
Year 4 - N° 163 – June 20, 2010

  Translation
Carolina von Scharten - carolinavonscharten@yahoo.com

 

The arrogant little tree

  

There was a little tree located right next to a river who felt full of vanity. The tree was really conscious about its beauty.

It was a yellow Ipê (common name of several Brazilian trees and shrubs of the genus Tabebuia with yellow flowers).

The stem of the tree developed quite strongly and with flexibility. The leaves started to grow green and bright. It then felt full of admiration for its beauty. When the first flowers bloomed in

spring time, the little yellow Ipê started to feel full of pride and vanity.

There a Jequitibá tree located near by the little yellow Ipê. It was a very high, large and majestic tree. This giant of the forest had lots of marks on its trunk which shows the experiences and difficulties it faced during its life.

The little yellow Ipê felt quite confident and arrogant when it looked at the big uitibá tree. It looked at it with despair, comparing its youth with the old age of the respectable Jequitibá tree.

— You are so old and ugly! Your leaves are so pale now! Now, look at me. I am young and pretty; my leaves are bright and soft. You don’t even offer flowers anymore! On the other hand, I can charm everyone with my yellow flowers!

The old Jequitibá tree looked at the little yellow Ipê patiently, as if it was looking at a very misbehaved child. It then said:

— Be careful; beauty is not everything. Life is an excellent teacher. You have a lot to learn, my young friend. There is nothing like one day after the other...

Time went by. One day, the trees heard a weird noise. They heard thunder.

The little yellow Ipê felt quite scared. It never heard thunder before in its life!

It was suddenly raining a lot. There were lots of dark and scary clouds in the sky. The wind was blowing quite strongly; a thunderstorm was just about to begin.

A little bird flew by and asked for help. The little yellow Ipê felt quite frightened as it was struggling to keep standing up. It then shouted:

— I am sorry, I can’t help you. I need to save myself first!
 

The kind Jequitibá tree said:  

— You can come under my leaves and hide here. You will feel much safer, believe me.

A little rabbit passed by and then shouted:

— My friend, please help!

The little yellow Ipê couldn’t help as it was feeling quite weak. The generous Jequitibá kindly said:

— There is a hole in my trunk. Please come in and hide from the storm.

After some time, the big Jequitibá tree was able to help protecting many animals: squirrels, monkeys, rabbits, birds, parrots and even a sloth.

It soon began to rain really strongly. The river was flooded with water destroying everything that was near by. The little yellow Ipê felt quite lost as it didn’t know what to do.

It then felt like crying for help:

— Please help, old Jequitibá! The waters are going to take me!

The Jequitibá tree, which was very good and generous, lowered its branches and shouted:

— Please hold on to me. Nothing will happen to you. Don’t feel scared!

The little yellow Ipê grabbed on to the old tree; it then felt much safer.

When the storm ended and the sun started to shine again, the little yellow Ipê woke up. It then realised it was safe, thanks to the Jequitibá tree. The little yellow Ipê felt quite ashamed and confessed:

— You were so good to me. You helped me so much when I was going through a difficult moment. I am sorry for my misbehaviour. I now recognise that without your strength and experience I would not have survived.

The Jequitibá smiled:

— It doesn’t matter, my friend. You had a tough experience today. I hope this teaches you a lesson.

— I used to think beauty and youth was everything. I now know there are more important things in life!

From that day onwards, the little yellow Ipê learned to respect the elderly ones. He became a really friend of the old and wise Jequitibá tree. 

                                                             
                                                                  Aunt Celia


 



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