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THE FLYING WORMS
THE FLYING WORMS.
On the vast space, without a single glint of light. God determines that it was the perfect place to create the spirit that was missing on the existence: The Universe. God created the universe in a wink. That liveliness he was looking for still was missing. In the distance, God realizes the existence of a planet. It was perfect to carry out the spirit he was looking for. He named it: Earth. It took to God, seven days to create the life that would take care of the world.
The day God was bringing animals to the world; two little worms were brought to life. One was black and the other one was white. They lived in this moist hole with not much to do on an everyday worm life. These worms, despite of being tiny had one big dream.
- ‘I always wanted to fly. Fly up high in the sky were the little ones no longer be us.’
- ‘I want to fly and leave this boring hole. I want to hunt. I want to be strong. On the top of the existence, God was listening to both of the little worm’s wishes. So one day, when the sunlight was painting the mountains with life, God decides to come down the heavens to talk to his beloved worms.
God whispered thru the dark hole, the worms were living in.
-‘If your dream is to fly and it's something you truly wish for, there is a way you can fulfill that dream of yours. Go to the other side of the green valley, climb the ancient apple tree and jump from it. The day you are prepared, you will become beautiful birds.’
The two little worms were scared but yet thrill to know they would be able to fly. Immediately they prepared to take the adventure of their lives. They both crawled as fast as they could thru the green valley to get to the ancient apple tree.
For three entire days the worms crawled and crawled. On the fourth day, when the rain began to form small rivulets on the wet ground, the worms made it to the ancient apple tree. Before climbing the tree, the black worm decided to lay down for a little bit.
- ‘My little body it’s really tired. Let’s get some rest.’
- ‘No, we should continue..!! All we need is to climb the tree..!!
- ‘Nothing is going to happen if we rest just a bit. The tree is not going anywhere.’
- ‘This is our dream. Why wait if we could do it now?’
- 'I rather rest than die from tiredness.'
The white worm sighed with a sense of disapproval but still he crawled through the ancient tree. After an exhausting climbing, the worm managed to reach the top of the tree. With a big smile, the worm shouts: ‘I did it..!’ as he was jumping off the ancient apple tree. Before he hit the ground, he found himself flying as a beautiful hummingbird.
When the black worm realizes that his friend has accomplished his dream, he gets up and prepares to climb the big tree. Then he realizes that the tree is no longer there and that his chance it’s gone.
Moral: go the extra mile and be patient because this will take you to whichever successful path you want.
By Laura Paulina and Luis Angel
