Jonathan and the Goblin |
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The Birthday Story (for Class 1) |
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Long ago, beyond the stars in heaven, there was a
human soul. It lived
among the radiant colours of the angels, heard their heavenly music and
listened to their wonderful song.
But the soul grew restless.
“How can I become closer to God?” it said.
“How can I learn to be worthier of him?”
The angels replied, “There is only one place in the whole
universe where you can learn that lesson.
You must go again to the earth.”
So the human soul prepared for the great journey to earth, and
one of the angels guided him/her.
Their path took them down through the kingdoms of seven great
stars.
The Spirit of the first star-kingdom wore a mantle of deep, deep
blue. This spirit had
a memory greater than any you can imagine.
He could remember everything that had ever happened in the
universe. As the human soul passed through his kingdom he said,
“I will give you the gift of memory, so that when you are very old on
earth, you will be able to remember your whole life - all the things
that have happened and all the people you have met.”
This and other things was the gift of the first star spirit.
The Spirit of the second star-kingdom wore a garment of rich,
royal orange. This
spirit had wisdom greater than any you can imagine.
When the soul passed through his kingdom he said, “My gift to
you is the gift of wisdom and thinking, so that on earth you may think
clearly and judge wisely.”
This and other things was the gift of the second star spirit.
The Spirit of the third star-kingdom word a garment of strong,
radiant red. This spirit had courage and energy greater than any you can
imagine, and strong truth in his words.
As the soul passed through his kingdom he said, “My gift to you
is courage of the heart to face your lessons on earth, and the gift of
speech so that you can share your thoughts and feelings with your fellow
human beings.” This and other things was the gift of the third star
spirit.
When the guiding angel led the soul into the fourth, the middle
star kingdom, they met a wondrous Spirit greater than all the others,
clad in a raiment of shining white.
This spirit was filled with peace and all-encompassing love
greater than any you can imagine, for this was the Spirit of the Sun.
“My gift to you,” said the Sun Spirit, “Is the gift of
goodness, so that you may fill your deeds with love and make yourself
worthy of God.” This and other things was the gift of the Sun Spirit.
The spirit of the fifth kingdom wore a garment of a delicate and
beautiful green. This
spirit had beauty and gentleness greater than any you can imagine.
As the soul passed through her kingdom she said, “My gift to
you is the gift of beauty, so that in all you do, in all you create on
earth, you can make the earth more beautiful.”
This and other things was the gift of the fifth star spirit.
The Spirit of the sixth kingdom wore a garment of sparkling,
radiant yellow. This
spirit was full of movement and joyful quickness greater than any you
can imagine. When the
soul passed through his kingdom he said, “My gift to you is the gift
of movement so that on earth you can run and dance with your feet, work
skillfully with your hands, and move quickly and easily in your
thoughts.” This and
other things was the gift of the sixth star spirit.
The Spirit of the seventh star-kingdom wore a garment of deep
purple. This spirit
had imagination greater than any you can imagine.
When the soul passed through her kingdom she said, “My gift to
you is the gift of imagination, so that on earth you can see things in
your mind when your eyes are closed, and can use your imagination to
create pictures and paintings and many new things.”
This and other things was the gift of the seventh star spirit.
Now the soul and his [her] guardian angel drew near the earth,
and the angel opened his hands and showed the soul a huge picture of his
life to come - all the places he would see, all the people he would
meet, the challenges he would have to face, and the life lessons he
would have to learn to become worthier of God.
“But remember,” said the Guardian Angel, “I will always be
at your side.” And the angel caused a sleep to fall over the human soul. The soul fell deeper and deeper asleep and grew smaller … and smaller … and smaller, and began to forget heaven and the star-kingdoms.
When he woke up, he was a tiny baby!
And the baby’s parents called him [child’s name]. And [.........] learnt to sit, and then to crawl, and
then to walk, and then to talk, and then to think.
And when he started to get his second teeth, he was ready for
school and came to us!
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