Sacrifice

One day, after the mother breastfed her little daughter Marjorie and she slept, she placed her in her crib. She said to herself, “I will go to my neighbor to give her these things and return in one minute before the girl wakes up and feels my absence.” The mother hadn’t seen her neighbor for a while, so when she went to her, the neighbor stood to talk with her about some matters. While the mother was talking with her neighbor, they heard a fire alarm and the smell of smoke throughout the area. ...

In a forest on the outskirts of a city, there was a beautiful green tree with long, dense branches and many green leaves that swayed gently with the wind. Birds would come to it from distant places and sing the most beautiful songs. It was a beautiful and happy tree. It formed a special relationship with a small boy from a neighboring village where he would come to it daily after school, eat from its apples and play with it. They would talk for hours and hours. He was used to sharing with her everything, his thoughts and future plans. ...