Written by Maria Pandil
The Man Handing Out Books
Yoselín was always a very studious girl, she never liked skipping classes. She was educated in the first years when schools, where they had only the essentials, as far as educational materials are concerned.
At that time, it was when you could see more school buildings being built. She also recalled that at her school, there were minimal books in the classroom library, with the exception of textbooks provided by her teacher.
One day, when Yoselín returned from school to her house. She met her mother who told her. “Look Yoselin, I bought you these books”. It was a 5-volume encyclopedia, very well illustrated, It was about questions and answers. Yoselin at that very moment took them in her hands and began to leaf through them. From then on, she had books to read at home other than textbooks.
Yoselín, every day she read those books, and she reads them again, until she finished them. But she never remembered her mother asking her, Did you like the books, daughter? Just the happiness on her face of looking at those books. And that was why, only her mother looked at her and didn’t say anything.
Yoselín always wanted to have many books to read. One day, she dreamed of a large silver-colored metal capsule, which looked like a rocket. It distributing books everywhere, but that ship did flying very high and quite far from the Earth. Sometimes that ship would come close to Earth, and that’s when you would see the person in it with lots of books. That same person was the one who distributed wholesale books, and more books, and Yoselín the girl eager to have in her hands those books that were flying through the air.
Yoselín’s desire to have many books was so great that she dedicated herself to writing stories, so that all the children in the world, one day, would have books to read.
Written by Maria Pandil
In Spanish
El Hombre Repartiendo Libros
Yoselín siempre fue una niña muy estudiosa; nunca le gustó faltar a clases. Ella se educó los primeros años en escuelas en donde tenían solo lo indispensable, en cuanto a materiales educativos se refiere.
En esa época era cuando se podían ver más planteles escolares construidos. Ella también recordaba que en su escuela, eran mínimos los libros que existían en la biblioteca del aula, con excepción de los libros de texto proporcionados por su profesora.
Un día, al regresar Yoselín de la escuela a su casa. Ella se encontró con su madre que le dijo:”Mira Yoselin, te compré estos libros”. Era una enciclopedia de 5 tomos, muy bien ilustrada; que trataba de preguntas y respuestas. Yoselin en ese mismo momento los tomó en sus manos y los empezó a hojear. Y a partir de allí ella tuvo libros para leer en casa que no fueran los libros de texto.
Yoselín, todos los días leía esos libros, y los volvía a leer, hasta que se los acabó. Pero ella nunca recordó que su madre le haya preguntado: “¿Te gustaron los libros, hija?”. De su madre no tuvo ninguna expresión emocional en el momento en que ella le entregó los libros, o a lo mejor, Yoselín sí tendría ese gesto en su rostro de felicidad; al mirar esos libros. Y fue por eso que, solo su madre la miró y no le dijo nada.
Yoselín siempre quiso tener muchos libros para leer. Un día, soñó con una gran cápsula de metal color plata, que parecía un cohete, repartiendo libros por todos lados, pero esa nave lo hacía volando muy alto y bastante distanciada de la Tierra. A veces, esa nave se acercaba a la Tierra, y ahí era cuando se veía a la persona que la tripulaba con muchos libros. Esa misma persona era la que repartía aventando al por mayor, libros y más libros, y la niña Yoselín con muchas ganas de tener en sus manos esos libros que volaban por los aires.
Así fue tanto el deseo de Yoselín por tener muchos libros, que ella misma se dedicó a escribir historias, para que toda la niñez del mundo, algún día, tuviera libros para leer.
Written by Maria Pandil
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