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Spiritism for Kids - Célia Xavier Camargo - Portuguese  Spanish
Year 3 - N° 112 – June 21, 2009

  Translation
CAROLINA VON SCHARTEN - carolinavonscharten@yahoo.com

 

A lesson to be learned
from an ant

  

At Octavo’s school a party was being organised.  The students were so happy preparing for it. Some were getting the colourful balloons hanging on the walls; others were cleaning the floor, desks and chairs.

Sweet and sour pies were being prepared in the kitchen for the party. They were all working with love whilst they talked and had  fun.  Octavo  was the  only  one who 

didn’t want to help around.  

The teacher was very kind and asked him many times to help, but he refused all the time.

At one point, the teacher demanded:

— Since you don’t want to help organizing the part, just like the others, you will have another task. You will need to give me a composition about the life of ants.

— Teacher, that’s not fair! — He complained. — Why do I need to do it?

— Octavo, it’s not fair for you to be sitting around without helping your colleagues. They are all making something meaningful for the group, whereas you don’t want to help.

She then paused and said:

— You must start now; otherwise it won’t be ready for tomorrow.

— But how am I going to do it? I don’t even know where to start! — He then said.

— Very simple: just watch the ants in the garden!

Octavo sighed and went to the school garden. He then thought: Oh, no! Where am I going to find ants?

He then saw an ant walking quickly between his feet. He  then  followed  her  and soon realised there weretwo other ants following the previous ant, through the same path. 


He then saw an ant carrying a piece of bread which was several times bigger than her. He then smiled and thought: — where is she going with that piece of bread?  

He looked around and found not far from him a piece of sandwich which was thrown on the floor. He saw lots of ants working together. Some would cut the sandwich in tiny pieces and others would carry it.
 

When the piece would be too heavy for them to carry, they would work together and join strengths to carry it.

Octavo decided to follow the path they were going, and saw they were going to an anthill. They would leave the piece there and get back to work.

— How interesting! —Octavo said. He was so impressed by the cooperation and union he saw among the working ants. — They are so tiny and so hard workers!

At that time, he remembered the party. He got up ashamed because he was not helping his friends. He looked for the teacher and apologised. He asked her if he could help somehow.

She smiled and asked:

— Very well, but what has made you change your mind, Octavo?

— The working ants you asked me to research. They live together in a fraternal and friendly way. If they can work together, I also can do it.

He stopped talking, looked at the teacher and said:

— If I help, I won’t have much time to finish the composition about the life of ants. Do I really need to hand it in tomorrow morning?

She then smiled, put her hand on his head and said, kindly:

— No, Octavo. There is no need for you to hand it in. You already learned your lesson.

                                                                 Aunt Celia


 



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