La Culebra En El Pasto/ Snake In The Grass

Alón miró a su alrededor y al principio no vio nada.

--Estoy en peligro.—Otra vez escuchó la voz en el pasto cerca de su tronco. Miró abajo y vio a una pequeña culebra temblando de miedo.

--¿Qué te pasa?—preguntó Alón. --¿En qué te puedo ayudar?

--Escóndeme, por favor, aquel gato me quiere matar.

Alón vio el gato que se le acercaba a saltos y sabía que tenía que pensar rápido.

--Súbete a mi tronco por detrás y no te muevas. Yo te tapo bien y distraigo al gato.-- La culebra lo obedeció sin decir nada más. Al subir su tronco Alón sentía cosquillas y le costó trabajo no reírse, pero aguantó.

Llegó el gato con una mirada un poco confundida. Se sentó en frente de Alón.

--Hola, gato,--dijo Alón.

El gato brincó de susto. --¿Quién me habla?—preguntó.

--Yo, Alón, a sus órdenes,--dijo Alón y sacudío sus hojas.

--¿Qué? ¿Un árbol que habla? ¿Desde cuándo saben hablar los árboles?—preguntó el gato.

--Hmmm, ¿desde cuándo saben hablar los gatos?—preguntó Alón.

--Pues, desde siempre,--le contestó el gato.

--Qué novedad,--dijo Alón.

--No es ninguna novedad, mi pequeño roble—

--Me llamo Alón—Alón interrumpió.

--Alón, entonces—dijo el gato con un aire de vanidad. –Entonces, mi amigo—

--Me perdonas, pero no somos “amigos” todavía—empezó Alón.

--¿Ya ves? Siempre es así, nadie quiere ser mi amigo, todos me tienen miedo.

--Yo no dije que no quiero ser tu amigo,--dijo Alón, --Es que todavía no te conozco y ni siquiera me has dicho tu nombre.

--Me pusieron un nombre bobo,--dijo el gato,--y no me gusta.

--¿Qué te digo entonces? ¿Cómo quieres que te llame?

--¿Puedes llamarme el nombre que yo quiero?—quería saber el gato.

--¿Por qué no?

--Bueno, quiero tener el nombre “ Valiente” pero me pusieron el nombre “Pelusa,” porque soy peludo, ay que pena.

--Para mí eres “Valiente.”—dijo Alón.

De repente Alón se acordó de la culebra pegada a su espalda y quería ver si habría forma de crear una amistad entre el gato y la culebra pero no sabía exactamente como empezar.

--Ummm, este….¿te interesa tener amigos, Valiente?—preguntó Alón.

(Continuará)

Snake in the Grass

Alon looked all around and at first didn’t see anything.

“I’m in danger.” Again he heard the voice in the grass this time, near his trunk. He looked down and saw a small garden snake trembling with fear.

“What’s wrong?” Alon asked. “How can I help you?”

“Hide me please, that cat wants to kill me.”

Alon saw the cat coming toward him in leaps and bounds and he knew that he had to think fast.

“Climb up the back of my trunk and don’t move. I’ll cover you well and distract the cat.” The snake obeyed him without saying another word. As he climbed up Alon’s trunk, Alon was being tickled and it was hard not to laugh, but he managed to keep a straight face.

The cat stopped in front of the little oak tree with a puzzled look on his face.

“Hi there, kitty,” Alon said.

The cat was startled. “Who’s talking to me?” he asked.

“Me, Alon, at your service,” Alon said and shook his leaves.

“What? A talking tree? Since when do trees know how to speak?” the cat asked.

“Hmmm, since when do cats know how to speak?” Alon asked.

“Since always,” the cat answered.

“What a novelty!” Alon said.

“It’s not any novelty, my little oak tree—“

“My name is Alon,” Alon interrupted.

“Alon, then,” the cat said with an air of conceit. “So, my friend—“

“Forgive me, but we are not friends yet,” Alon began.

“You see? It’s always like this, nobody wants to be my friend, everyone is afraid of me.”

“I didn’t say that I don’t want to be your friend,” Alon said, “It’s just that I don’t know you yet and you haven’t even told me your name.”

“They gave me a dumb name,” said the cat, “and I don’t like it.”

“What should I say then? How do you want me to call you?”

“You mean you can call me the name that I want?” The cat wanted to know.

“Why not?”

“Well, I want to be called Valiant, but they gave me the name Fluff because I’m furry, oh, how embarrassing.”

“To me you are Valiant,” Alon said.

All of a sudden Alon remembered about the snake stuck on his back and he wanted to see if there was a way to create a friendship between the cat and the snake, but he didn’t exactly know how to begin.

“Umm, uh…are you interested in having friends, Valiant?” Alon asked.

(To be continued)

Soy Lorena.
11/9/07

A Friend

Someone to talk to, to connect with, to share ideas...una amistad es tan importante mientras andamos en este mundo. Me gusta la letra de esta canción por el grupo Rock "Meat Loaf."

Because of You

I was so hypnotized by the smile in your eyes today
Flying free as a bird caught inside every word you say
I want everyone to see...

This is big time, This is larger than life
See the sparks fly when you're standing by my side
Every step, every move, everything I do
Life is beautiful because of you

Every breath that you give
You're my sweet oxygen my friend
You made me follow it fast so my dreams could get past the end
I want everyone to feel...

This is big time, This is larger than life
See the sparks fly when you're standing by my side
Every step, every move, everything I do
Life is beautiful because of you

How did I survive before you came into my life?
Now I'd do anything at all, anything at all for you

This is big time........

Lyrics by: Rick Jude and Steve Balsamo

Creo que hay amistades que son más profundas que las relaciones entre un hombre y una mujer que son amantes.....digo, puede ser. Uno nace con ciertos parientes en su vida, pero una amistad está escogida, ¿verdad? We are mirrors for each other. I see me in you, you see you in me and together we reach deeper, farther, higher. We can soar, we can dive, we can swim in the muck and come up for air and reach some kind of conclusion or epiphany. Or not. It doesn't matter, but we can explore. I've always thought everything is a process, it's never really finished, it just keeps going. I guess "finished" would mean finished with this life, o sea muerto, dead, but maybe there is still more even after death, quien sabe. I think Deepak Chopra knows about life after death. I'm waiting for his book to arrive from Amazon because I want to know. I want to hear what Deepak has to say about the whole life and death affair. Not that it would change anything, but I am curious. Soy curiosa, siempre he sido una persona curiosa y me gusta pensar en cosas que no tienen respuestas...especulaciones, tal vez.

¿Qué es verdad?

¿Qué es espejismo?

Vamos a discutir el punto mis amigos, quizá a eso vinimos.

Seguimos adelante.

Soy Lorena.
1/8/07