The note of Ron
Author: Sraya Tanami
Illustrator: Tehila Furth
Ron traveled with Dad and Mom, and they came to a special and beautiful place. Ron met a wise man there. And the wise man gave him a small box. Inside the box was a note, in which the man wrote:
"Whenever you want to do something good, and feel that it is difficult for you to do it, open this box, read the note, and know that you can do it."
Ron put the box on the shelf next to his bed. Sometimes he would put the box in the little pocket of the shirt, and sometimes he would just look at it as it lay on the shelf. From time to time, he would open the box and read. Always remembering what was written in the note.
Once Ron was walking down the street, and saw a little boy standing alone on the sidewalk crying. Ron did not know what to do. He saw no one who could help. Then Ron remembered the note in the box, and said to himself, "I shall surely find a solution."
Ron decided that he would wait with the little boy for a few moments, and also try to talk to him. The boy suddenly calmed down, and then Ron asked "Where is your house?". The boy pointed to the house, and Ron accompanied him to his mother's embrace at home.
Once in a flute playing class, Ron was a new student, he looked at how many kids were already playing, while he was constantly confused with his fingers, unable to play. It was difficult. Ron felt he wanted to get up and go home. Then he remembered the note in the box, and knew he would succeed. He tried patiently again. Ron put his fingers on the holes of the flute, and suddenly the sounds sounded better. He had already managed to play half a song. And he knew that with the training he would be able to play the whole song, and other songs too.
Once Amit, the friend from the neighborhood, insulted Ron a little, and since then they have not spoken. They were walking down the same street, not wanting to look at each other. So, a few months passed, until one night before bed Ron saw the box on the shelf, and he remembered again what was written in the note. Suddenly the story with Amit does not seem like a big deal. "Maybe Amit did not mean to offend me at all, and I just did not understand him?", Ron thought to himself.
The next day he met Amit, and explained to him that he was sorry for the misunderstanding, and that he had accidentally been too angry. So, Amit and Ron became friends again.
The night before bed Ron looked at the box again, thinking, "How expensive this box is for me. It has a little note in it that says a few words, but it helps me do so many good things."
