VOL. XV, NO. 13
MAY 17, 1974
Of Lollypops, Rainbows
By CINDY DAHM
Once upon a time there was a very small boy. For a long time he sat at his favorite pond with his bag of lollypops. Lollypops were his favorite thing because he knew if he looked into each of his lollypops' colors long enough, he would feel many beautiful feelings (yet there would still be many feelings left to be felt).
On that particular day the boy decided to plan his whole future, for he was almost the ripe age of 10. He looked into the colors of his lollypops for his answers.
"Green," he thought as he looked into his green lollypop. "Green is warm and beautiful and deep as this pond." Then the green lollypop was gone. It had tasted very good.
"Red," he thought. "Red is powerful and strong, like fire and earth, like great people." Then the red lollypop was also gone. Only a tall, thin, white stick remained of it.
Once upon a time there was a very small boy. For a long time he sat at his favorite pond with his bag of lollypops. Lollypops were his favorite thing because he knew if he looked into each of his lollypops' colors long enough, he would feel many beautiful feelings (yet there would still be many feelings left to be felt).
On that particular day the boy decided to plan his whole future, for he was almost the ripe age of 10. He looked into the colors of his lollypops for his answers.
"Green," he thought as he looked into his green lollypop. "Green is warm and beautiful and deep as this pond." Then the green lollypop was gone. It had tasted very good.
"Red," he thought. "Red is powerful and strong, like fire and earth, like great people." Then the red lollypop was also gone. Only a tall, thin, white stick remained of it.
"Blue," he then thought. "Blue is wide and clear and deep as the sky, the sea, and the universe." Soon the blue was gone too.
The boy liked the qualities from all three lollypops.
Suddenly a summer rain came. The boy sat under the willows smiling and thinking about the new beauty within him. The rain stopped, and a gigantic rainbow encompassed the boy's world.
"Why," he said, "the rainbow contains all of my colors plus many more. I think I will become a rainbow. No one hurts or laughs at rainbows, and rainbows warm even the coldest hearts. I will be a rainbow and spend my life laughing and crying and caring and making people smile." The boy had made his decision.
It is people like him who make parts of the world beautiful to everyone.
The boy liked the qualities from all three lollypops.
Suddenly a summer rain came. The boy sat under the willows smiling and thinking about the new beauty within him. The rain stopped, and a gigantic rainbow encompassed the boy's world.
"Why," he said, "the rainbow contains all of my colors plus many more. I think I will become a rainbow. No one hurts or laughs at rainbows, and rainbows warm even the coldest hearts. I will be a rainbow and spend my life laughing and crying and caring and making people smile." The boy had made his decision.
It is people like him who make parts of the world beautiful to everyone.