The Ten Commandments V. 01

Commandment No. 2 (Jan. 25, 2017)

2. Thou shall not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: Thou shall not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them.

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The story is about makers of images of "godlike" for them and worshiping and serving them like "living" Gods.

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A boy is looking at his father who is busy with his work, a craving. It is all he can see every day since his very young age. He is now eight years old and this will going to be his future too if he grows up and if he doesn't want to discontinue what his ancestors did long years ago.

"Good morning son." His father greeted as he noticed the presence at his back.

"Good morning too, papa," He steps forward and stands next closer the sculpture. "I can see that this is different from the other sculptures you've been doing since."

"Oh! You already notice that! You're right about it. Mrs. Monique Douglas requested for this and she wanted it by next month. From here we can buy new and higher quality of trunks for curving." He said and takes a glimpse at his observant son.

The boy just shared a warm smile of understanding. All day his father was just doing this work and him curious and inquisitive for anything just to know how it all been doing okay after he finally see the outcome.

And his father was open to answer his every inquiry. It became their one bonded time for the whole day.

At the school; Bobby is inspired of the things he knows about carving and his father.

"My father taught me how to carve, and what to think while doing that specific item that you wanted to create out of something. And he said being creative is one of the wonderful talents in this universe." He said with all his gladness of the topic.

"What's so special about carving?" His classmates ask.

"Umm, it is art he said. And he said it is associated also in play dough. But a bit different, because carving needs a lot of patience and time before you finally see the outcome." He answered.

"Why you compared it to play dough? I thought your father buy woods and used it for carving." His classmate's asked with bigger confusion in the face.

"Umm, didn't we play it back our kindergartens days? I have pictures of it with our teacher. And, my papa taught me, it is one way to learn how to do shaping." With all his considerable answers, "And yes, He said we can buy tree trunks of higher grade than the usual he uses for carving."

"And how's that?" asked by another kid.

"I don't know how they do the transactions but he was sure more trunks more carving." He replied.

"Will they cut every tree in the forest just to do carving?" Again the kid asked him.

"Not exactly like that. I didn't hear anything about cutting trees just for carving every time papa had conversations with Mr. Forester." A defensive thought he said. He looks at them in furious even though his classmates and friends had no intention of the word to hurt him.