Martin felt that his father gave him a book as a gift on his birthday this year. For his father had given him a book as a gift, but without any pictures in it appropriate for his age as a child. His father noticed a mark of anxiety on his face, so he said to him: My son, this is not just an old book. It is a magic book, but its magic is secret, and knowing its secret will be difficult for you when you read it first.
And Martin loved everything related to magic, so he began reading the book, despite not being very excited. The next morning, his father said to him: My dear Martin, tell me did you find the magic key? Here Martin was surprised and said: Is there a magic key for me to use? Then he ran and went to the book again.
But there was no sign on the magic key. So Martin went back very sad, but his father said to him: Know that you will not find it like this. You must read the book first to find the magic key. Martin did not have much patience, so he stopped reading the book, thinking that his father was trying to trick him to read more, exactly as Martin’s teacher had done to his father.
After a little while, his sister asked him to play, which was younger than him by a little less than the book to be able to manage reading it. After several days of her attempting to read without great success in solving the puzzle, she appeared in the hall screaming with happiness: I found it! I found the magic key of the book! And she did not stop talking about all the worlds and places she visited using this magic key.
All this talk made Martin refrain from reading the book. In the beginning, he felt tightness and pain, for there was not one beautiful picture in the book. But gradually the story began to appear, and the passion and attention were filling Martin while he was reading about the life of the lost prince, then suddenly he found the puzzle solution. For the book itself was the key! Whenever he opened it, he felt he was being transported to the world of the story and its events.
Thus he lived the adventures of reading and deeds as if he were one of them, and his head and dreams were filled with adventures. And whenever he was in trouble, he would hold the book again and the most useful thing Martin had gained from that story, was that from now on, in every old book he read, he knew he would find a new key to other worlds and wonderful adventures. And thus Martin did not stop traveling and traveling with those letters and words to all the hidden worlds.
The Moral Value Learned: It is not possible for us to judge the book from its cover only. One must read and think until we know if the book is good and beneficial or not. For some books may appear old and boring but in reality are rich and useful with great information. So we must not be deceived by appearance and look to the essence.
The story is translated from: The magic key