Fairy tale

Here is the written version of the fairy tale (authors: Arià Canadell, Marc Borràs and Christian Koch).

Effort's power

Once upon a time there was a very poor young boy who lived in a quarter in the center of New York. He had lost his father some years ago in a car accident and since then his mother fell in a deep depression. She couldn't find any good job and so both of them tried to earn money as they could. The little boy went out on the streets every day after school to ask for money to the people who were walking there.

New York is a city with thousands and thousands of faces but there was one that he saw every single day. The young boy had no problems to talk to anyone, but that man was an exception. He just didn't dare to ask him. It wasn't like he was afraid. He only... admired him too much.

Then, one afternoon like all the other ones the man approached. While he was making one step after another, the heart of the little boy beated so fast that he felt that it would jump out of his chest. Eventually, the man stood in front of him. He was a tall middle-aged man. He started to speak: "I've been observing you for a long time. And you know it, you aren't stupid. I know your life is very hard and you have to do your best because you and your mother can survive. I'm afraid, I'm little help to you because I'm very poor too. Today, I haven't earned a single dollar yet." To the man's surprise, the young boy said nothing. He just put his hand in his pocket and took out some coins. "I'm sorry... that's all I have". The young boy gave him the little money he had received that day. After he had realized the boy's kind offer, the man refused and said: "Well, it's not true what I said. It's not that I can't give you anything. Forgive me for lying, but I had to know if you were really worth it." Suddenly, he shouted: "Watch out, behind you!"

The boy turned around and saw nothing but a simple wall. As he tried to respond, the man had already disappeared... "What a strange man..."

The next morning he woke up by the words of a very familiar voice. First, he didn't notice. It was like the most natural thing for him. But when he started to be wide awake and his eyes analized the situation, the tears began to flow like rivers from his eyes. His father didn't know what had happened and he just hugged his son.

If you work hard for you objectives and have a pure heart, the life will award you, like our young boy.