far away and also close-by

*

Far away .... across the sea

*

One morning , 

the wind blew a letter

under the squirrel's front door.

The envelop was blue 

and smelt of salt,

as if 

it had travelled

from far away ,

across the sea.

The squirrel opened the letter 

and read :

Squirrel,

I wish you all the best 

with what you read here.

I hope that it touches you and

who knows

that it might even

make you weep

 with tears of happiness.

Don't write back to me,

but enjoy my words 

and hope fervently

you'll get more such letters.

Your humble

bird of paradise

The next day,

the squirrel received

a letter in a red envelope.

It smelt of palm and reeds.

Squirrel,

What did you think of my last letter ?

Beautiful, eh ? 

And this one is even more beautiful.

This letter 

will make you quiver with happiness.

Do you ever quiver with happiness ?

Or do you do something else

with happiness ?

Beam ? 

Glow ?

If you glow ,

 then you should be glowing now.

Your insignificant

 bird of paradise

The following day,

another letter arrived.

It was a yellow letter

that smelt of pine and wild tea.

Squirrel,

The letter you'll

 receive tomorrow.........

Oh, that letter ....

Your most unfindable

 bird of paradise

The next morning,

the squirrel woke up early.

He sat by his front door 

and listened to the wind,

hoping that it might

just deliver 

another letter .

*

a little story

from my favorite writer

TOON TELLEGEN

The book is called

FAR AWAY ACROSS THE SEA

and is translated by

Martin Cleaver

Happy weekend
to all of you