Another brilliant piece from a GUNNAS WRITING MASTERCLASS writer.
Once upon a time there was a tiny tiny boy. He was so tiny he could sleep in his uncles boot. Of course his uncle was regularly irritated by this as he often needed to wear his boots and after bedtime, more often than not ,only one was available.
I need a volunteer he cried. “A volunteer to make the tiny tiny boy a bed of his own. This volunteer need not have carpentery skills or mattress stuffing skills, this volunteer needs to be a fine leather worker with attention to detail. He needs to make a boot that either I can wear after bedtime or the tiny tiny boy can sleep in. It is paramount that this is interchangeable.
Every day he sent out the call for a volunteer and every day no one appeared. After a period of time a man appeared with a large quantity of rubber.
“I have not come forward before as your wish was for a boot made of leather, all I can offer is a boot of rubber…a boot that will not let your feet get wet and a boot that would be very comfortable to sleep in, Would this be something you may consider?”
“Too sad, I don’t want a boot of made of rubber. Maybe one day., the Uncle said, “one day I will get my boot of leather and the tiny tiny boy shall sleep and I, the normal sized man, will be able to walk about after bedtime”
The man with the large amount of rubber didn’t care. He shrugged his shoulders and continued on his journey. Because of that the Uncle never got to wear a pair of rubber boots and the tiny tiny boy never got to sleep in a boot made from rubber. Despite this, they were both happy. Life didn’t change, they shared the boots as they had always done. They wondered why it had ever seemed upsetting or inconvenient. The Uncle re called his call for a volunteer and the tiny tiny boy was content.
WB