THE CHEST
Once upon a time an old man who had lost his wife and lived alone. He had worked hard all his life as a tailor, but misfortunes had left him bankrupt, and was now so old that he could not work.
His hands shook so I could not thread a needle, and the vision had been blurred too much to make a straight seam. He had three sons, but all three had grown up and had married, and they were so busy with their own life they only had time for dinner with his father once a week.
His hands shook so I could not thread a needle, and the vision had been blurred too much to make a straight seam. He had three sons, but all three had grown up and had married, and they were so busy with their own life they only had time for dinner with his father once a week.
The old man grew weaker, and the children visited him less and less.
- Do not want to be with me now, it was said because they are afraid that I will become a burden.
He spent a sleepless night wondering what would become of him and at last devised a plan.
The next morning went to see his friend the carpenter and asked him to fabricate a large chest. He then went to see his friend the locksmith and asked him to give him a lock old. Finally went to see his friend the glazier and asked all the fragments of broken glass he had.
The old man took the box home, filled to the brim with broken glass, locked it and placed it under the kitchen table.
When her children went to dinner, I played with the feet.
What's in that chest? asked, looking under the table.
Oh, nothing, 'said the old man, just some stuff I've saved.
His children pushed him and saw that it was very heavy. They kicked and heard a clink.
- Must be filled with gold that saved over the years-whispered.
- Do not want to be with me now, it was said because they are afraid that I will become a burden.
He spent a sleepless night wondering what would become of him and at last devised a plan.
The next morning went to see his friend the carpenter and asked him to fabricate a large chest. He then went to see his friend the locksmith and asked him to give him a lock old. Finally went to see his friend the glazier and asked all the fragments of broken glass he had.
The old man took the box home, filled to the brim with broken glass, locked it and placed it under the kitchen table.
When her children went to dinner, I played with the feet.
What's in that chest? asked, looking under the table.
Oh, nothing, 'said the old man, just some stuff I've saved.
His children pushed him and saw that it was very heavy. They kicked and heard a clink.
- Must be filled with gold that saved over the years-whispered.
Deliberated and realized that they had to guard the treasure. They decided to take turns living with the old, and they could care for him, too. The first week the youngest son moved to his father's house, and cared for him and cooked for him. The following week I replaced the second child, and the following week came the greatest. This continued for a while.
At last the old father fell ill and died. The children gave him a nice funeral, knowing that a fortune awaited them under the kitchen table, and could afford a large expense to the old. When the ceremony ended, they searched the whole house to find the key and opened the hood. Indeed, they found it full of broken glass.
- What infamous trick! cried the eldest son.What cruelty to your children!
- But what could I do? he asked sadly the second son. Face it. Had it not been for the hood, we would run down to the end of his days.
I am ashamed of myself sobbed the youngest son. We forced our father to stoop to deceit because we did not observe the commandment which he taught us when we were little.
But the older son turned the box to make sure there were no valuable object hidden in the glass. Glass scattered on the floor to drain the chest.
The three brothers looked silently inside, where they read an inscription that the father had left in the background: "Honor thy father and thy mother."
At last the old father fell ill and died. The children gave him a nice funeral, knowing that a fortune awaited them under the kitchen table, and could afford a large expense to the old. When the ceremony ended, they searched the whole house to find the key and opened the hood. Indeed, they found it full of broken glass.
- What infamous trick! cried the eldest son.What cruelty to your children!
- But what could I do? he asked sadly the second son. Face it. Had it not been for the hood, we would run down to the end of his days.
I am ashamed of myself sobbed the youngest son. We forced our father to stoop to deceit because we did not observe the commandment which he taught us when we were little.
But the older son turned the box to make sure there were no valuable object hidden in the glass. Glass scattered on the floor to drain the chest.
The three brothers looked silently inside, where they read an inscription that the father had left in the background: "Honor thy father and thy mother."
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