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VALUE WHAT IS YOURS!VALUE WHAT IS YOURS!
The Song of the BirdsThe Song of the Birds
THE OWNER OF A SMALL BUSINESS, A FRIEND OF THE POET OLAVO BILAC, MET HIM ON THE STREET AND ASKED HIM
“MR. BILAC, I NEED TO SELL MY SMALL FARMTHE ONE YOU KNOW SO WELL. COULD YOU PLEASE WRITE AN
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR ME FOR THE PAPER?”
BILAC WROTE
“FOR SALE, A BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY, WHERE BIRDS SING AT DAWN IN EXTENSIVE WOODLAND, BI-SECTED BY THE
BRILLIANT AND SPARKLING WATERS OF A LARGE STREAM.
THE HOUSE IS BATHED
BY THE RISING SUN.
IT OFFERS TRANQUIL
SHADE
IN THE EVENINGS ON
THE VERANDA.
SOME TIME LATER, THE POET MET HIS FRIEND AND ASKED WHETHER HE HAD SOLD THE PROPERTY?
TO WHICH HE REPLIED: I’VE CHANGED MY MIND.WHEN I READ WHAT YOU HAD WRITEN,
I REALIZED THE TREAESURE THAT WAS MINE.
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Treasure what you have.Thank you to the creator of the PPS for sharing.
Join us at www.eposvriende.com
Anybody can join. Free.