Mengelmoes / Medley

Why Is Mommy Sad?

Pieter is a little fine boy, yesterday was his 5th birthday. Nobody remembered it. His parents were too busy with all their things.There were many people today at their house. He thought it was a surprise party for him, but it was not. His mother cried a lot, he did not understand why because many people gave flowers and cards to her. He tried to comfort her but she ignored him. His father seemed angry and he preferred to stay out of his way.

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Pieter lay on his back in his room's on carpet. He has his favorite crimson plane in his hands ... zoom, zoom ... he plays and lets the plane move through the air. The door is slowly opening. He dropped the plane on the mat and jumped up and stood next to the bed. His mother appeared in the door her eyes were red crying, she walked in and picked up the plane and sat down on the bed and started crying. "I'm sorry mom, I'll put my toys away. Why is Mom crying like that?" His mom seemed softly. "It's hurts so much; the pain does not want to go away." "Is Moms back still hurting?"She had been in a car accident and hurt her back. He remembers how he had to wait for her to come home. It felt that time did not want to pass. His father was very angry and did not speak to him. His father does not like to be inconvenient, he becomes very upset if he can't come home and rest. Mom always says dad worked hard, so he has to rest before he will play with him later. Dad then sat on the couch in front of the TV and then he had to play in his room so he did not bother daddy.

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Mom does not want to get up, she lies in bed all day. She said she can't get any rest. Pieter sat on the end of the bed, he gave up to try and make his mother happy. She stays sad and it's as if she's crying even more when he's near her. "Good day; big boy" rumbles a deep voice behind him. He got such a fright he almost fells off the bed. "Grandpa, I missed grandfather! Why do grandfather not visit here anymore? "Big boy, I think we have to talk. You will have to come with grandfather." Pieter jumped off the bed. "Where are we going, Grandpa?" he asks with excitement."Somewhere where you will not keep on bothering your mother." Pieter suddenly stuck at the door and saw his mother lying on the bed. "Grandpa, Mom told me Grandpa was gone forever and would not come back again." "Yes, my son, but I came especially for you." Pieter suddenly realized what was happening. "Grandpa, was I also placed in a wooden box and buried in a hole in the ground?" "Now you start to understand my son ..." grandfather gently strokes his hair "... we're not of this world. Where we go, it's much better." They walk down the hallway, the hallway feels very longer than usually for Pieter .... **** Magda suddenly got up in bed. It felt as though the world had fallen off her shoulders. Life can go on again ....