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RE: STACH Short Story Contest #26: 199 words, 5 winners, 15SB prize pool!

in #contest7 years ago

One grain does not fill a sack, but it helps

Mr. John was a very old man who always left early to sell different seeds in the town. His son Neil Andrew always accompanied him to help him carry the sacks of seeds because the town was through a long path up the mountain. After the sales of all the seeds were completed, Mr. John and his son returned along the path as they did every day to his house, but the old man always kept five Sunflower seeds in his pocket. When walking on the path, he always threw them on the banks every day. One day his son finally asked him: "Dad, why do you throw only five seeds every day if they are so few that it will take a long time to cover the whole path?" His father looks at him and says: "Son, one grain doesn’t fill a sack, but it helps, "and his son replies," Dad I know you're right but, maybe you'll never see those sunflowers bloom ", his dad looks at him smiling again and finally says:" Son, the important thing is not to see the Sunflowers bloom, the important thing is the legacy that one leaves on this earth ".