.
"" Yes, "said Wolf. All the prophets
make the same mistake: to be right.
The proof is that the butcher. "
Boris Vian, Red Grass.
make the same mistake: to be right.
The proof is that the butcher. "
Boris Vian, Red Grass.
"I have a square," said the child.
- How a square? Asked the mother.
-A square, "said the child, as if it were obvious. A dark green square, hopefully, to have a pet. "But
son ..." I've been good, mama, do not be unfair ... And Miguel asked for a snake and a porcupine Carlos, I just ask you a square ...
The mother thought for a while and tried to choose the most appropriate way to discuss with your child and understand what happened happened ...
"Son," he finally said, this is not to deny or argue, but do not consider a square strange request for a pet?
"No," said the boy. Strange would not want to ask something, or something I want and not care ... I know
"But ..." Besides a square is simple, for example, I can put in any position and always the same ... it is quiet and not dirty and do not need to feed or care for too much ...
- ...
"On the other hand, to specify my request, I would like, if you could, that the square was about 25 inches square, no more ... like a puppy ...
"Wait, you're saying you want a square," repeated the mother as if to take note, "I hope ...
Green-Dark Green ...
" Well, dark green, and is actually a ... "a square puppy, you say?
"Mmm, no, not raised like that, just told you that the square was about 25 centimeters per side ...
" As the size of a puppy ...
"Yes, of this magnitude ... I said that at least .
The mother then looked at his son in the eye, searching for some sign to help him understand what he was asking, or at least something that would reveal that those requests were normal in a child of 10 years.
From the other side, while the child looked at her as if wondering what it was that was wrong ...
"Son," said the mother after a while, if you want you can have a dog or a cat, or even a bunny ... but I think a square ... say ... a pet is not exactly suitable for a boy like you ...
- A boy like me?
"Yes ... a child who is growing and needs company and maybe a little animal to take a walk, and feed ...
" Mom, I do not question more what you say, but I thought about that, and I prefer the square, no doubt ...
- ...
"I'll never change, do not depend on me ... do not you understand? I want something like a single piece, and simple ... something that has always existed in the same way ...
"But there is a square a square ... is ... I do not know, son, a square is not alive ...
- course alive!
-No, it is ... not breathing, not moving, no ...
- But there!
"Well, yes ... maybe ... but there is a different way, look for reasons the mother, an empty form, with nothing in it ...
-A square can have things inside, mom ...
- What things?
"Lots of things: rectangles, squares, triangles ... and even a circle ...
- But what do you want those things! Mom said, growing impatient.
I do not know well ... to have things that others see as a square ... pregnant with dependent children of my imagination ... to be a father ...
- Want to be a father?!
"No, mom ... I have a square, nothing else ... but if you want
not matter ... "Son, try to understand me ... scared me ... all children want an animal, or even a brother ... I mean, I can give you the square, and you can be clear ... but do not think that's going to get away from other children ...?
"But I've always been away from the other children ...
" But now would be worse, you will be with a square ...!
- but not inside the square ...!
was then that the mother, nervous, gave his son a strong slap.
And then time stood still for a moment.
During that time, both the child and his mother thought things better not think, at least when you want to keep the affection between two people.
The child, for example, understood that the will-it nevertheless did not doubt that the will of her mother existed, "thought the want, he said, was never linked to understanding, and there was no fool ourselves because in reality our beliefs and needs are unique, and no one can understand if they try to explain.
The mother, meanwhile, was terrified at the thought that her son's heart was similar to a square, and was afraid of him, and rage, because maybe that square proved to be more pure than his own heart ...
-only the abstract is pure then the mother said, softly, as he approached his son to embrace him.
And the hug was over, but inconsistent, as if instead of melting it was finished to separate two completely different substances.
Thus, after hugging, the matter was settled.
And neither ever again talk about what happened.
- How a square? Asked the mother.
-A square, "said the child, as if it were obvious. A dark green square, hopefully, to have a pet. "But
son ..." I've been good, mama, do not be unfair ... And Miguel asked for a snake and a porcupine Carlos, I just ask you a square ...
The mother thought for a while and tried to choose the most appropriate way to discuss with your child and understand what happened happened ...
"Son," he finally said, this is not to deny or argue, but do not consider a square strange request for a pet?
"No," said the boy. Strange would not want to ask something, or something I want and not care ... I know
"But ..." Besides a square is simple, for example, I can put in any position and always the same ... it is quiet and not dirty and do not need to feed or care for too much ...
- ...
"On the other hand, to specify my request, I would like, if you could, that the square was about 25 inches square, no more ... like a puppy ...
"Wait, you're saying you want a square," repeated the mother as if to take note, "I hope ...
Green-Dark Green ...
" Well, dark green, and is actually a ... "a square puppy, you say?
"Mmm, no, not raised like that, just told you that the square was about 25 centimeters per side ...
" As the size of a puppy ...
"Yes, of this magnitude ... I said that at least .
The mother then looked at his son in the eye, searching for some sign to help him understand what he was asking, or at least something that would reveal that those requests were normal in a child of 10 years.
From the other side, while the child looked at her as if wondering what it was that was wrong ...
"Son," said the mother after a while, if you want you can have a dog or a cat, or even a bunny ... but I think a square ... say ... a pet is not exactly suitable for a boy like you ...
- A boy like me?
"Yes ... a child who is growing and needs company and maybe a little animal to take a walk, and feed ...
" Mom, I do not question more what you say, but I thought about that, and I prefer the square, no doubt ...
- ...
"I'll never change, do not depend on me ... do not you understand? I want something like a single piece, and simple ... something that has always existed in the same way ...
"But there is a square a square ... is ... I do not know, son, a square is not alive ...
- course alive!
-No, it is ... not breathing, not moving, no ...
- But there!
"Well, yes ... maybe ... but there is a different way, look for reasons the mother, an empty form, with nothing in it ...
-A square can have things inside, mom ...
- What things?
"Lots of things: rectangles, squares, triangles ... and even a circle ...
- But what do you want those things! Mom said, growing impatient.
I do not know well ... to have things that others see as a square ... pregnant with dependent children of my imagination ... to be a father ...
- Want to be a father?!
"No, mom ... I have a square, nothing else ... but if you want
not matter ... "Son, try to understand me ... scared me ... all children want an animal, or even a brother ... I mean, I can give you the square, and you can be clear ... but do not think that's going to get away from other children ...?
"But I've always been away from the other children ...
" But now would be worse, you will be with a square ...!
- but not inside the square ...!
was then that the mother, nervous, gave his son a strong slap.
And then time stood still for a moment.
During that time, both the child and his mother thought things better not think, at least when you want to keep the affection between two people.
The child, for example, understood that the will-it nevertheless did not doubt that the will of her mother existed, "thought the want, he said, was never linked to understanding, and there was no fool ourselves because in reality our beliefs and needs are unique, and no one can understand if they try to explain.
The mother, meanwhile, was terrified at the thought that her son's heart was similar to a square, and was afraid of him, and rage, because maybe that square proved to be more pure than his own heart ...
-only the abstract is pure then the mother said, softly, as he approached his son to embrace him.
And the hug was over, but inconsistent, as if instead of melting it was finished to separate two completely different substances.
Thus, after hugging, the matter was settled.
And neither ever again talk about what happened.
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