20. BEAUTY AND EVIL

BEAUTY

It was beatiful, sunny, spring day and the weekend was over. Our four friends were going on a planned trip. At Reni’s request , they were to look her grandmother’s garden.

Looking trough the city map, Elon and Reni decided that they would go to the western districts of city, where behind the blocks of flats there is  an old, large park behind tithere are small streets with oldhouses and gardens.

The parents praised children’s plan, because district of old, beatiful villas and the large park with exotic trees were worth seeing. Parents explained to kids  which tram to take there, gave money and sandwiches and a camera, so that the kods could take nice photos there.

 Reni, elon, the dog Trolly and the pig Fyfy go off at the tramstop by the park in the place where the streets with old villas began.

Their attention wasdrawn to the sight of a tall villa resembling an ancien castle and walked towards to take it clooser look. The villa stood on a small, dead-end street. Old sidewalks were overgrown with whitwe-pink daisiers and moss was green among the coblestones. The air was filled with the scentof bloosoming lilacs and roses. You could hear the buzzing of bees and soft chirping of birds.

Children and animals slowly watched the villa as they walked along the fence. They saw turrets topped withpointed domes, wooden closters, narrow windows.

At some point, an old, slim man with a gray hair appeared  on the entrance stairs. In a cheerful voice he asked : Whatarebyou here, charming children are circling around like this ?  

Elon and Reni , shouting over each other, said that  they were looking at this house with delight and curiosity.

The old man said : And do you want to see what it’s like inside my house ? I invite you inside and let your pets run around the garden.

The house was entered by several stone’s stairs and trough a tallwooden doorwith small stained glasswindows a the top. Mr. Anthony said : Now sit down  here a little bit and look around the hall. My wife Catherine about to say hello to you and offer you cakes and tee.

Reni and Elon looked with delight at the selvesby the walls, full of books from the botton to the celling. A huge of hungfrom the cellingmetal chandelier and candle-shaped bulbs. Wide, wooden stairs with decorative balusters led to the top.

Mrs. Catherine turned out to be wonderful, kind and cheerfullady. They all sat together at high, long table on high-backed chairs. Mr.Anthony told the story of his house :

Thisis the most beatiful villa in our city, was built by grandfather who was the major of city. He builtif in honor of his wife, she grew up in castle.,This villa was an exact miniature of that castle. In order to have money for house’s renovations, I signed a contract with the nearby Feature Film Studio. Various films are make here. My wife and me live on the ground floor. On the upper floors afailm Studio have rooms at disposal. The rooms are decorated in the stylesof different historical epochs. Come with me, I’ll show you.

Reni and Elon looked at next rooms with delight. There was room with boxes with a canopy. There was a room in the style of Egipt,andotherin the style of Ancient Rome. There was a room like a peasant room. Another room was like a cave. Another  was like a knight’s  hall .

Elon was delighted with the knight’s armor, especially the wings, which were additionally attached to the armor by Polish hussar knights.

Reni discovered in the room  in the wardrobest here werebeatiful,long dresses and weils of the knight’s ladies and their strange, pointed shoes with pompons. She thought at once that Cinderella from the fairy thale was assured of ball in such a dress and los a shoe.

Mr Anthony told the children that there was still a car and a carriage to see in the garage, which was at the back ofthe garden. They saw ingarden Mrs, Catherine playing with Trolly and Fyfy. Mrs. Catherine said that everyone would have dinner in the garden.

In the garage our children saw  an antique Ford car. It was a bit like a carriage that stood next . There was also a chariot, a replica of uncovered horse-drawn vehicle from the er of Egipt. On the walls hunghorseharnesses and saddles.

For dinner Mrs. Catherine prepared among others things, delicious pancak, forkids with sweet filling, for adults with mer filling. The animals were given vegetable-meat soup in bowls.

After dinner Elon and Renitold about asylum and animal’s school and invited Mr. Anthony with wife to visit.

 

EVIL

After saying goodbye to Mr. Anthony and Mrs. Catherine,the four of us friend walked trough park. But they were not alone.

They saw a very tin dog of the poodle breed was timdly following them. With him running and jumping a beatifu rooster of the redish breed !

Trolly and Fyfy turned around and politely greeted this strange couple : Hi, why you follow us ?

The poddle quietly asked : It is possible to you have something to eat, we are very hungry.

Reni heard this and immediately answered : We have a lot of food and already we giving it to you.Let’s sit here ona park bench !

The children took out their backpaks sandwiches and water. The dog and the rooster greedily drank and ate.When they had eaten, they thanked.

Elon asked : Are you homeless ?

Poodle dog said: I’m a bitch Daisy and this my friend cock Bac. We escaped from the animal farm nearby, on other side ofthis park. There animals are bred and taught how to fight each other. The company organizes illegal dog’s  fights and cockfights. Bad people  buy tickets to watch these fights and to make bets oh who will win at the bookmaker.

The rooster added :  Theseare cruel spectacles, the animals bite each other until they bleed.

Daisy said : They dressed me in colorful dresses and made me dance beetwen fights. My kids taught also to dance and then they sold them somewhere. They clip the wings of roosters so that they don’t run away.

Bac added : My brother was so badly woundedabout the fight, that I think they  took him to be kiled. That’s why we ran away from there and we will never go back.

Fyfy and Trolly cried listening to this story. Then they started talking about Mr. Jeremy’s asylum and school for animals..They persuaded Daisy and Bac to live there. 

Reni added : The police will liquidate this company and these bad people will gow to jail ! I will tell about it to Mrs.Susy’s son. After all Peter is an investigator in the police.

Elon suggested that now they all would go home together. Mrs. Susy will to call Mr.Jeremy to come and get Daisy and Bac to take them to asylum.

It was evening already. Everyone went to the tram and returned home.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Regina Obergard’s poetry is a fierce testament to the divine spark within each of us.

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