New Short Story for Kids written by: Miriam de la cruz.
Click here to read: LITTLE HEN ON STILTS (FIRST PART)
…The seller was shocked, he thought the hen was offended, turned around to leave the hen yard, but a matron hen stopped him, with shiny feathers coffee colored, like jewel´s, with the same height and small legs, holding her daughter´s hand, Jewel.
She asked the merchant: “Who much are the stilts? Is it true that we make Jewel´s legs longer?”.
And the merchant said: “It´s true!” People from the circus use them to be bigger and enliven the spectators. This way, they all can see their pirouettes”.
- “And, how much are they?” – asked the matron hen again.
The hungry merchant answered: “a hen stew”.
The hens were shocked.
- “Oh, nooo!” – said the matron hen – “We are all very young! But I can buy a little pig for you, is for sale at the other corner”.
- “No, no, no, I don´t like pigs” – complained the merchant – “So, if I don´t have hen stew, you don´t have stilts, there is no deal!”
The hens were quiet…And mom hen was very sad because she could not please her daughter, but she exclaimed:
- “It has been my dream during my whole life; to have long legs, and now is my daughter´s dream. I want to fulfill her dream. So, on second thought, I am the oldest in the yard, so I give myself, my life in exchange of the stilts for my daughter”.
The hen Jewel was shocked, looked at her mom with fear, just at that moment could see the love inside herself and the love she felt to her mom. Understood that beauty was actually inside, and a tear rolled down her cheek. She exclaimed:
- “I am fine, I am fine! I don´t need stilts at all! I have seen me, myself, and I have seen my mom and recognized myself. I just needed self-confidence, and I have recovered. I don´t need the stilts any more, a momentary height for what? My value is not on my short legs, but in my heart“.
Looking to her mom with love, to that beautiful mom that preferred to give her live in exchange of a wooden legs for her. She sighed and held her mom´s hands and walked inside.
The merchant, left the yard bored, hungry and angry. After several months the merchant came back to town. But he did not see the yard, because the inhabitants in town had enjoyed and eaten delicious hen stews. He exclaimed:
-”I missed my hen stew for speeding up time, and for being a cheater. Now I have to eat pig again, like that day that I also missed my stew of matron hen. What a good lesson of life!”
You worth more than what you think, you only need to see somebody demonstrating their love, even giving their life for you, to understand the value of a big heart, a good feeling. And there will always be people around you that will try to take advantage of you if you don´t know who you are or what you worth.
THE END
GRANNY´s Short Stories, dedicated to my grandchildren, Valentín and Matías.
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