Little Jonathan is aged four years. He can sing a few songs
and he has a ball.
The ball is a singing ball. It can record and play back
recorded voices.
The good thing about the ball is that, you can bounce it as
much as you want, but its recording and play back ability won’t get destroyed.
That’s how it has been made. It can play children songs which are inbuilt into
it.
Recently, Jonathan had visited his uncle’s house in
Amsterdam and had forgotten his ball there.
Upon reaching his home In Madrid, Spain, he became highly
disappointed and constantly pestered his parents for a few days to take him
back to Amsterdam, so that he could have his ball back.
His parents assured him that soon they would. For a few
days, he checked up with them and then he forgot all about his ball.
Nearly four weeks later, a courier boy came to Jonathan’s
door. Jonathan’s mother received the package and it was from her brother, whom
she had visited in Amsterdam.
In that courier was Jonathan’s ball and big box of chocolates.
Immediately, she called up her brother and asked that why
had he couriered the ball back?
Do you know what his reply was?
“Jonathan’s father asked me to do so. Two days back he
called me up and asked me to send the ball back and he has paid for the courier
and chocolate box has been sent by me.”
Jonathan’s mother was very surprised. Why would her husband
ask the ball back from her brother’s and
pay for a costly courier service?
In the evening when Tim (Jonathan’s father) came back,
Patricia ( Jonathan’s mother) asked him that why had he asked for the ball back
from her brother. The reason for her asking was that the courier service had
costed nearly 200 Euros, believe it or not.
For few minutes, Tim gave vague answers. Patricia become
more suspicious. The next morning, she couldn’t find the chocolate box
anywhere.
She had searched for it everywhere.
In the afternoon, she found the box of chocolates.
The next day, she found out the reason, why Tim had paid for
that costly courier. It was because, he had been fond of that singing ball and
when his son was sulking for a few days after coming back home from Amsterdam,
he had made his mind to get the ball back for his son. So, he had saved some
money from his daily expenses regularly and when enough was saved he paid for
the courier service and brought the ball back for his son.
To buy a new singing ball would have been cheaper, but he
loved his son’s singing, so he got the original ball back for him.
Adios!
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