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Reenen van Niekerk
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N mooi storie.Jammer maar dit is in Engels
Reenen
Small Wooden People
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by Max Lucado
The Wemmicks were small wooden people. Each of the wooden people was carved
by a woodworker named Eli. His workshop sat on a hill overlooking their
village. Every Wemmick was different. Some had big noses, others had large
eyes. Some were tall and others were short. Some wore hats, others wore
coats. But all were made by the same carver and all lived in the village.
And all day, every day, the Wemmicks did the same thing: They gave each
other stickers. Each Wemmick had a box of golden star stickers and a box of
gray dot stickers. Up and down the streets all over the city, people could
be seen sticking stars or dots on one another.
The pretty ones, those with smooth wood and fine paint, always got stars.
But if the wood was rough or the paint chipped, the Wemmicks gave dots. The
talented ones got stars, too. Some could lift big sticks high above their
heads or jump over tall boxes. Still others knew big words or could sing
very pretty songs. Everyone gave them stars.
Some Wemmicks had stars all over them! Every time they got a star it made
them feel so good that they did something else and got another star.
Others, though, could do little. They got dots.
Punchinello was one of these. He tried to jump high like the others, but he
always fell. And when he fell, the others would gather around and give him
dots. Sometimes when he fell, it would scar his wood, so the people would
give him more dots. He would try to explain why he fell and say something
silly, and the Wemmicks would give him more dots.
After a while he had so many dots that he didn't want to go outside. He was
afraid he would do something dumb such as forget his hat or step in the
water, and then people would give him another dot. In fact, he had so many
gray dots that some people would come up and give him one without reason.
"He deserves lots of dots," the wooden people would agree with one another.
"He's not a good wooden person."
After a while Punchinello believed them. "I'm not a good wemmick,"he would
say. The few times he went outside, he hung around other Wemmicks who had a
lot of dots. He felt better around them.
One day he met a Wemmick who was unlike any he'd ever met. She had no dots
or stars. She was just wooden. Her name was Lulia. It wasn't that people
didn't try to give her stickers; it's just that the stickers didn't stick.
Some admired Lulia for having no dots, so they would run up and give her a
star. But it would fall off. Some would look down on her for having no
stars, so they would give her a dot. But it wouldn't stay either.
"That's the way I want to be," thought Punchinello. "I don't want anyone's
marks." So he asked the stickerless Wemmick how she did it.
"It's easy," Lulia replied. "every day I go see Eli."
"Eli?"
"Yes, Eli. The woodcarver. I sit in the workshop with him."
"Why?"
"Why don't you find out for yourself? Go up the hill. He's there." And with
that the Wemmick with no marks turned and skipped away.
"But he won't want to see me!" Punchinello cried out. Lulia didn't hear. So
Punchinello went home. He sat near a window and watched the wooden people as
they scurried around giving each other stars and dots.
"It's not right," he muttered to himself. And he resolved to go see Eli. He
walked up the narrow path to the top of the hill and stepped into the big
shop. His wooden eyes widened at the size of everything. The stool was as
tall as he was. He had to stretch on his tiptoes to see the top of the
workbench. A hammer was as long as his arm. Punchinello swallowed hard. "I'm
not staying here!" and he turned to leave. Then he heard his name.
"Punchinello?" The voice was deep and strong.
Punchinello stopped.
"Punchinello! How good to see you. Come and let me have a look at you."
Punchinello turned slowly and looked at the large bearded craftsman.
"You know my name?" the little Wemmick asked.
"Of course I do. I made you." Eli stooped down and picked him up and set him
on the bench. "Hmm," the maker spoke thoughtfully as he inspected the gray
circles "Looks like you've been given some bad marks."
"I didn't mean to, Eli. I really tried hard."
"Oh, you don't have to defend yourself to me, child. I don't care what the
other Wemmicks think."
"You don't?"
"No, and you shouldn't either. Who are they to give stars or dots? They're
Wemmicks just like you. What they think doesn't matter, Punchinello. All
that matters is what I think. And I think you are pretty special."
Punchinello laughed. "Me, special? Why? I can't walk fast. I can't jump. My
paint is peeling. Why do I matter to you?"
Eli looked at Punchinello, put his hands on those small wooden shoulders,
and spoke very slowly. "Because you're mine. That's why you matter to me."
Punchinello had never had anyone look at him like this-much less his maker.
He didn't know what to say.
"Every day I've been hoping you'd come," Eli explained.
"I came because I met someone who had no marks."
"I know. She told me about you."
"Why don't the stickers stay on her?"
"Because she has decided that what I think is more important than what they
think. The stickers only stick if you let them."
"What?"
"The stickers only stick if they matter to you. The more you trust my love,
the less you care about the stickers."
"I'm not sure I understand."
"You will, but it will take time. You've got a lot of marks. For now, just
come to see me every day and let me remind you how much I care."
Eli lifted Punchinello off the bench and set him on the ground. "Remember,"
Eli said as the Wemmick walked out the door. "You are special because I made
you. And I don't make mistakes."
Punchinello didn't stop, but in his heart he thought, "I think he really
means it."
And a dot fell to the ground.
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| Re: Small Wooden people [boodskap #44589 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #44407] |
Mon, 18 June 2001 21:53  |
Mafuta
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Wat 'n pragtige storie! Dankie daarvoor... 'n Moeilike voorbeeld om te
volg, maar ek moet se ek probeer hard elke dag.
"Reenen van Niekerk" skryf in boodskap news:3b2ca90c.0@news1.mweb.co.za...
> N mooi storie.Jammer maar dit is in Engels
>
> Reenen
>
>
>
> Small Wooden People
>
>
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> by Max Lucado
> The Wemmicks were small wooden people. Each of the wooden people was carved
> by a woodworker named Eli. His workshop sat on a hill overlooking their
> village. Every Wemmick was different. Some had big noses, others had large
> eyes. Some were tall and others were short. Some wore hats, others wore
> coats. But all were made by the same carver and all lived in the village.
>
> And all day, every day, the Wemmicks did the same thing: They gave each
> other stickers. Each Wemmick had a box of golden star stickers and a box of
> gray dot stickers. Up and down the streets all over the city, people could
> be seen sticking stars or dots on one another.
>
> The pretty ones, those with smooth wood and fine paint, always got stars.
> But if the wood was rough or the paint chipped, the Wemmicks gave dots. The
> talented ones got stars, too. Some could lift big sticks high above their
> heads or jump over tall boxes. Still others knew big words or could sing
> very pretty songs. Everyone gave them stars.
>
> Some Wemmicks had stars all over them! Every time they got a star it made
> them feel so good that they did something else and got another star.
>
> Others, though, could do little. They got dots.
>
> Punchinello was one of these. He tried to jump high like the others, but he
> always fell. And when he fell, the others would gather around and give him
> dots. Sometimes when he fell, it would scar his wood, so the people would
> give him more dots. He would try to explain why he fell and say something
> silly, and the Wemmicks would give him more dots.
>
> After a while he had so many dots that he didn't want to go outside. He was
> afraid he would do something dumb such as forget his hat or step in the
> water, and then people would give him another dot. In fact, he had so many
> gray dots that some people would come up and give him one without reason.
> "He deserves lots of dots," the wooden people would agree with one another.
> "He's not a good wooden person."
>
> After a while Punchinello believed them. "I'm not a good wemmick,"he would
> say. The few times he went outside, he hung around other Wemmicks who had a
> lot of dots. He felt better around them.
>
> One day he met a Wemmick who was unlike any he'd ever met. She had no dots
> or stars. She was just wooden. Her name was Lulia. It wasn't that people
> didn't try to give her stickers; it's just that the stickers didn't stick.
> Some admired Lulia for having no dots, so they would run up and give her a
> star. But it would fall off. Some would look down on her for having no
> stars, so they would give her a dot. But it wouldn't stay either.
>
> "That's the way I want to be," thought Punchinello. "I don't want anyone's
> marks." So he asked the stickerless Wemmick how she did it.
>
> "It's easy," Lulia replied. "every day I go see Eli."
>
> "Eli?"
>
> "Yes, Eli. The woodcarver. I sit in the workshop with him."
>
> "Why?"
>
> "Why don't you find out for yourself? Go up the hill. He's there." And with
> that the Wemmick with no marks turned and skipped away.
>
> "But he won't want to see me!" Punchinello cried out. Lulia didn't hear. So
> Punchinello went home. He sat near a window and watched the wooden people as
> they scurried around giving each other stars and dots.
>
> "It's not right," he muttered to himself. And he resolved to go see Eli. He
> walked up the narrow path to the top of the hill and stepped into the big
> shop. His wooden eyes widened at the size of everything. The stool was as
> tall as he was. He had to stretch on his tiptoes to see the top of the
> workbench. A hammer was as long as his arm. Punchinello swallowed hard. "I'm
> not staying here!" and he turned to leave. Then he heard his name.
>
> "Punchinello?" The voice was deep and strong.
>
> Punchinello stopped.
>
> "Punchinello! How good to see you. Come and let me have a look at you."
>
> Punchinello turned slowly and looked at the large bearded craftsman.
>
> "You know my name?" the little Wemmick asked.
>
> "Of course I do. I made you." Eli stooped down and picked him up and set him
> on the bench. "Hmm," the maker spoke thoughtfully as he inspected the gray
> circles "Looks like you've been given some bad marks."
>
> "I didn't mean to, Eli. I really tried hard."
>
> "Oh, you don't have to defend yourself to me, child. I don't care what the
> other Wemmicks think."
>
> "You don't?"
>
> "No, and you shouldn't either. Who are they to give stars or dots? They're
> Wemmicks just like you. What they think doesn't matter, Punchinello. All
> that matters is what I think. And I think you are pretty special."
>
> Punchinello laughed. "Me, special? Why? I can't walk fast. I can't jump. My
> paint is peeling. Why do I matter to you?"
>
> Eli looked at Punchinello, put his hands on those small wooden shoulders,
> and spoke very slowly. "Because you're mine. That's why you matter to me."
>
> Punchinello had never had anyone look at him like this-much less his maker.
> He didn't know what to say.
>
> "Every day I've been hoping you'd come," Eli explained.
>
> "I came because I met someone who had no marks."
>
> "I know. She told me about you."
>
> "Why don't the stickers stay on her?"
>
> "Because she has decided that what I think is more important than what they
> think. The stickers only stick if you let them."
>
> "What?"
>
> "The stickers only stick if they matter to you. The more you trust my love,
> the less you care about the stickers."
>
> "I'm not sure I understand."
>
> "You will, but it will take time. You've got a lot of marks. For now, just
> come to see me every day and let me remind you how much I care."
>
> Eli lifted Punchinello off the bench and set him on the ground. "Remember,"
> Eli said as the Wemmick walked out the door. "You are special because I made
> you. And I don't make mistakes."
>
> Punchinello didn't stop, but in his heart he thought, "I think he really
> means it."
>
> And a dot fell to the ground.
>
>
>
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