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Spiritism for Kids - Célia Xavier Camargo - Portuguese  Spanish
Year 9 - N° 442 - November 29, 2015

Translation
Johnny Silveira - silveirajohnny@yahoo.com
 

 

The Lioness and the cave

  

Once upon a time, a lioness was looking for a place to settle down with her offspring, who would be born at any time. She found an empty cave and settled there.

Then her beautiful babies were born and she cleaned them with her tongue. She was very happy of the family she now had. And soon they began to feed, taking from their mother's teats what they needed to grow.

And that cave was all joy.

One day, the Lioness went out for a walk with her two cubs, now older and smarter, to look for food but when she returned to the cave, she found another family settled there: it was a wolf.

Full of wrath, the Lioness began to howl, threatening, accompanied by her cubs who had started their attempts to draw attention from other animals, and when they saw their mother's reaction, they understood that it was an enemy.

- What are you doing here? This is my house! - roared the Lioness, fiercely.

Hearing this, the Wolf, which is an animal that knows how to defend itself when in danger, replied:

- I apologise, Mrs Lioness, but I did not know that this cave was already occupied! - and she started crying and moaning.

- I fell into a trap and got lost from my pack! I'm tired of walking around and my puppies are about to be born. It is time for the rains to start and I have no home and nowhere to go! I need to find a place to stay!...

Then she stopped talking and howled as she looked up:

- Ah! How sad! Look, Mrs Lioness, it will rain

soon and then everything will be wet here in the forest. What will I do? ...

The Lioness, whose little cubs were still very young, looked at them, then at the Wolf, and remembered how difficult it had been to find that cave. Then, full of pity, she agreed:

- Okay, Mrs Wolf. You can stay, but do not bother me. The cave is large and each one of us will be in one side. So I will not be disturbed. Agreed?

Very happy, the Wolf replied:

- Agreed. I am very grateful, Mrs Lioness. You are really very generous. I will be on any side as long as I may have my babies alone.

Resolved this issue, the Wolf settled down. Thus, both the Lioness and the Wolf tried to get along, as they had to live under the same roof.

Before long, Mrs Wolf’s puppies were born and were greeted with joy by the Lioness, who left to seek food for the new mother and her five puppies. When she came back she distributed the food among all until they were satisfied.

But the Wolf, a dangerous and cunning animal, decided she would keep the cave for herself and her puppies only. Thus, feeling stronger because of the food the Lioness was bringing them, one day she decided to expel the Lioness. And although smaller, she was more aggressive than the Lioness, so she expelled the Lioness and her the cubs from the cave.

With nowhere to go, the Lioness was worried because a storm was coming and the sky was dark. She climbed a huge tree with her family, settled on a large branch, seeking shelter under its leaves and stayed there with her children close to her body.

Soon the storm fell. Thunder and lightning frightened the cubs who huddled against their mother’s body as they trembled.

A few hours later, when the storm had passed, and the sun appeared through the clouds, the Lioness descended the tree with her kids who were now cheerful and playful.

Walking through the forest, the Lioness and her little ones approached the cave where they lived before and a little monkey that passed by, seeing them, asked her:

- Mrs Lioness, have you heard what happened to the wolf and her cubs, who lived in that cave because of your kindness?

- No, Monkey. I have not heard!

- Well, Mrs Lioness, the cave was flooded by the rain and they had to quickly get out of there to avoid drowning!

The Lioness thanked the monkey for the information, and considered:

- So the Wolf did me a favour! Because if I had been there, I might have died along with my babies. I am sorry for her and her family.

The Lioness gathered her cubs as she thought about their lucky escape. The Wolf wanted to harm her but had actually wronged herself and her family. And she muttered under her breath:

- My act of kindness was good because it saved our life. May the Lord protect the Wolf and her puppies wherever they are! And may she learn this lesson.

MEIMEI

(Psychographed by Celia X. de Camargo on 12/10/2015.)



 



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