There are numerous stories that
might seem unbelievable. This could be either because they are so fascinating,
that you just cannot believe your ears, or they simply have never happened.
Elizabeth was quite busy that
Tuesday, I would say too busy for a five-year-old girl. Hardly had she finished
her piano class that morning, when her tutor of French arrived to help her brush
up her grammar.
“What a lovely day, - Elli sighed. – I wish I could play and
dance all day, just like those lazy girls in the neighborhood”.
This busy way of life was just too
much for this young creature and it has never really made her happy either.
However, her father claimed that it undoubtedly has a great impact on her
education.
“Oh dear, why are you so selfish? Can’t you see the child is not
happy with all your education stuff? Why don’t you let her have a normal
childhood?” – her mother would show her dissatisfaction time after time.
And as you can see it never worked.
But as the twilight covered the
city, her happiest time began. This Tuesday, as usual, her dear nanny Dorothy
was ready with one of those stories that you usually do not believe.
“Good evening, young lady. I bet you can’t wait to hear my new
story!”
“Oh darling, I don’t feel like listening to any stories tonight.
All I need now is some rest.”
“I understand you so much, but there was one extraordinary boy,
who could understand you even more…”
“Really? Was he as busy as me?”
“Even more, my princess, much busier. His parents were very
famous linguists (each knew about 74 different languages) and as their first
child was born, they decided that this one will know all the languages in the
world by the time he turns 30. When they announced their intention in press,
everyone thought it was crazy, but it has never stopped this marvelous couple.
To their happiness, the child turned out to be an extremely obedient one (they
even called him Obeyan), so he, unlike you, young lady, never ever complained
about the amount of hours he had to study every day.
There are about 5 thousand
languages in the world, so he had to learn about 166 languages a year, which
equals about two days for each language. Quite challenging, isn’t it? So his
parents had to hire the best tutors from all over the world and of course it
wouldn’t succeed without brain stimulating pills, which were invented by a very
talented Chinese scientist especially for them. Sometimes Obeyan even had to
stay up all night to succeed in his studies, which certainly lead to huge
health problems, to reduce which they kept asking for a helping hand from
scientists.
With every language he learned, the
heads of his parents grew more and more gray and as he finally learned all the
languages in the world and got his lifetime financial provision for this his
parents couldn’t swallow the delightfulness of it and died on the same day. In
order to spread the blessed memory of his dear parents, Obeyan packed his bags
and hit the road. First he went to Rome, then to Oslo, he also has visited
Egypt, Sydney, Prague, Paris, London, New York and many other capitals. It gave
him great pleasure that he could understand people whichever language they
spoke, but he was also sad, because he hadn’t found the way to apply his great
talent, so that it would help people.
Days and nights he spent thinking
about the way to help all people in the world, when finally it occurred to him
that the best way to do it is just to ask what people need. This was a great
time for a new around the world journey with a generous intention to help
people. He went from town to town, from village to village, asking people what
they need in different languages. Unsurprisingly, that people all over the
world were standing in queues to get some help from a generous multilingual
man. Some asked for money, some asked for happiness, some wanted the war
to stop; others simply wanted a piece of advice on how to become successful in
learning languages. And certainly, Obeyan tried his best to help everyone.
Consequently, the health of this
extraordinary man grew poorer and he even started forgetting some languages he
knew before. No matter how hard the best doctors of the world tried to save his
life, the old age of his wouldn’t let him survive. And finally he died.
Millions of people went to honor him and some of them even swore to follow his
path of entire kindness.
And they actually kept their
promise. Moreover, they even invented a special holiday for all to be kind and
cheerful at least once a year.”
“Are you talking about Christmas, nanny?”
“Absolutely, my dear… Oh goodness, it’s high time you fell
asleep. Nighty night, sweetheart”.
“Good night, darling” – whispered little Elli, closing her shinny
eyes to see the sweetest dream about how she learned all the languages in the
world and followed a fascinating road of kindness, just like Obeyan once did.
Author: Tetyana Gurchenko
