lunes, 10 de marzo de 2008

The umberella's man

Once upon a time, there was a man who was given an umbrella by his grandfather, who died suddenly without any obvious reasons and his last words were: “This is not a normal umbrella, dear; you always have to carry it with you, since this is a lucky umbrella”.
The young man promised him that he would carry it everywhere, but in the bottom of his heart, he thought: “Oh, shit, I have to carry it all the time! People will laugh at me…” And that is what happened because it is strange seeing a man carrying an umbrella even when it is sunny.
This is the reason why the man was called the “Umbrella’s man”. And tired of the gossiping, he decided to go away and forget all, obviously, accompanied with his lucky umbrella.
After thinking a lot about where to go, he decided to go to India, since it is far away and people there, are more tolerant. He travelled for ten hours in a plane and he arrived in India, where a guide was waiting for him. He had paid for the trip with the only worth thing his grandfather had given him, a little money. And this is the beginning of the trip.
Both men entered the thick jungle with the lucky umbrella, of course.
- Damn it!! The umbrella has got hold of a branch! – Suddenly, they slipped and fell down through the waterfall, and because the man broke his leg, he decided to give the famous umbrella to the guide and forget everything. The guide accepted and realised immediately that the umbrella was an ancient worthy object, so, he sold it to a museum, won a huge amount of money and, nowadays, if you go to the most famous India’s museum, you will find it there and it is said that if you touch it, you will be lucky for the rest of your life.
The young man, who came back to Spain, regretted it for the rest of his life, of course.

1 comentario:

Anna dijo...

Núria, this is a lovely story !! we all like to think that we have a lucky umbrella which will protect us whenever it is necessary. Is it an umbrella? Is it God? is it destiny? Who knows.