Pintu's Story

Every night one of the children have to tell a story that they made up. Last night was Pintu's turn:

Once there was a boy and he was very hungry. All he wanted was some water, so he built a table because when you have a table, there should be food on it. So he built a table and he took it to a well. He broke the table into seven pieces and threw it into the well. When all seven pieces were submerged in the water, seven fairies came out. The seven fairies granted all his wishes and the boy was no longer hungry.

Isn't that a beautiful story? I thought it was a very good story for a little ten year old to make up. Dr. Devy had to translate for me because I didn't understand the language Pintu was speaking, and I'm sure his story was even more beautiful in his own words. When I was a kid, my stories were about princesses and princes. Pintu's story was about hunger. It's so sad that they have to know what hunger is.