Three walls and a Pencil
This story begins on the premise that there has been a worldwide plague, and only a few have survived, kept alive inside specially built rooms which isolate the living from the contaminated people. Th . . .
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This story begins on the premise that there has been a worldwide plague, and only a few have survived, kept alive inside specially built rooms which isolate the living from the contaminated people. The mother of the isolated child tries to hide the truth from her daughter, by feeding in carefully selected books, and hiding the outside realities from her. The mother is kind, and loving, and wants only the best for her daughter. In her well-meaning desire to help her daughter survive, the mother fails to realize the girl could cope with the truth if she was given it. In a similar way I have found most children more than able to cope with truth, however ugly it may seem. They are often better at understanding truth than many adults. Their minds are uncluttered by sophistry or philosophy. They see the world in simple terms, black and white, 'goodies and baddies'. "But Jesus said, Suffer (let) little children, and forbid them not, to come to me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 19:14 "We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, and his strength, and his wonderful works that he has done." Psalms 78:4 "For I know him, (Abraham) that he will command his children and his household after him," Genesis 18:19
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Three walls and a Pencil