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Another Journey of Life

An Allegory

Preface: This is an adaptation based upon an original work, “The Journey of Life” which unfortunately is not attributed to its author. The original story was published as a part of The New McGuffey Fourth Reader by William H. McGuffey, Compiler.

Once upon a time, not so long ago, there was a traveler, and he set out upon a journey. It was a magic journey, and was to seem very long when he began it, and very short when he got halfway through.

He traveled along a rather dark path for some time, without meeting anything or anyone,  until at last he came to a beautiful child. So he said to the little boy child, "What do you do here?" And the boy said, "I am always playing. Come and play with me."

So he played with the child the whole day long, and they were very happy. The sky was so blue, the sun was so bright, the water was so sparkling, the leaves were so green, the flowers were so lovely, and they heard so many singing birds, and saw so many butterflies, that everything was beautiful. This was in fine weather.

Read the rest of this beautiful story here: "A Story To Share..." - April 3, 2009