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The riddle
The riddle
Once upon a time, there was a man, named John. He was in the best point of his life, he was rich, handsome and had the attention of every girl in town, he had everything he wanted in his life. When all of a sudden he was in the supermarket and went for the usual stuff, Nutella and strawberries, he made the payment and leave the store, as usual. As he left the store and was in the parking lot, he overheard a sound, like a winning, and he decided to investigate what was making that hideous sound. As he arrives to the dumpster he saw a big bulky and dirty bag, he opened the bag and realize there was a newborn baby, all covered in blood and with his umbilical core, all hanging in his body, he was very amazed. He took the baby and ran to the hospital so they could take care of him, but a soon as he arrives, the doctors told him that if he didn’t choose to take care of child as his son, in other words to adopt him, they would take him to foster care, without guaranteeing that the kid would be fine. He went to his house to think about everything that had just happened, by the next day he went with his lawyer so there would be no problem in the adoption, everything went fine and the child was just fine, with his new father. John loves and takes care of him as if it was his own child, but this adoption means that he would had to give up all the things he used to cherish in his life, like his fancy cars, his elegant but insecure house and perhaps his dreamed work and life, it was everything going to change, in a big way. The years passed, the child grow up and they were a small happy family, the child new everything except how he was found, in what conditions, John decided to omit that horrible part and decided to focus on the fact that he was adopted and that he loves him a lot.
One casual day John left Jerry in school, and that day was the talk about families, that made Jerry think of his family, think of why his biological family left him and where did they left him, how could they leave him without a note or something to lean on. It was 3:00 p.m. and it was time to go, John arrived for Jerry and saw him all sad like depressed he couldn’t understand why, their way home was completely quite, not a single sound was made. As they sat in the kitchen table to eat John decided to ask him, what was the matter with him
How was school today?
Fine
Just fine?
Yes, today we talked about families
Oh, and how was it, interesting?
It made me think, do you know who is my biological family? Did they said why they left me? Where did they left me? Did I had a name before Jerry?
Well okay, I think is time to talk about what really happened that day I first saw you. I went to the store to buy things for the breakfast, as I was leaving to go home I overheard a sound and I found a bag, there you were a beautiful newborn baby, so I went to the hospital and asked them to take of you, but as soon as I talked to the doctors I decided to take care of you and adopt you. About your questions, I don’t know who your family is or where you are from, but I know that I love you with all my heart and that for me you are my son, and I hope you know that you are the most important thing I have in life.
