PICTOGRAM TALE - PORTUGAL Once upon a time, there was a kingdom far away where a very wise
reigned, but he could not control his people, because his
subjects did not have the capacity to
attentively.
In this kingdom lived : Charlotte, Agnes and Sophie. Charlotte, the eldest, was very pretty, responsible and hardworking. Agnes, the middle sister, was a little tricky and forgetful, but very kind and friendly to everyone. The youngest, Sophie, was the most pesky and curious and sometimes got into trouble.
The
lived in a
in the
. Her father was a
woodcutter and her mother made and to sell in the village. The girls helped their mother in what they could, but they had a dream in common: to go on a great adventure.
In the village there was a small
full of adventure books, and
whenever they had any tasks to make in that area, they took a
and brought it
. After the parents went to sleep, the girls lit a
and Charlotte, the older sister, read to the other, who dreamed of all the adventures contained in the pages of the books.
One day the
, after going to the market to sell the
and
her mother had made that morning, arrived at the and, as they went through the bookshelves, they noticed that there was
one of them where a was left alone, forgotten, left out. Sophie took it, opened it, and from inside came a small, shiny, golden and ...
magical powder. And suddenly the
began to
- Hi, girls, I've been waiting for you for some
needs your
! - whispered the Magic
.
. The kingdom
.
Sophie rubbed her and thought she was dreaming. She looked at her sisters, who were as incredulous as she was. But the
continued.
- You have to look for the Henry, he was my last reader, he will know how you can help us in this mission.
- And what mission is this, for which you need our ? - asked Agnes. - The mission is urgent and special: to help the people of this kingdom
to recover the ability to in this way there can be
to others with attention, because only and unity again.
And saying this, the
The
closed.
took the
and, when they came
, they
agreed that the next day, after they went to sell the
and
breads in the fair, they would enter the
the
walls to look for
Henry.
And so it was, the next morning, after they had sold the
, they went to the
and
.
No sooner had they crossed the walls than a them.
came near
- Good morning, . I was waiting for you. The you bring told me you would come to help me solve the problem of our kingdom. -
said Henry, the
.
- Oh ... you know the secret of the Magic Talking Agnes.
, too? - asked
- Yes. I have read it too, and I have been waiting for your , because only you, who have the ability to listen to others attentively, can
recover what is lost in this kingdom. - replied Henry, the . - But what do you think is the big problem we have to solve? - asked Charlotte. - The problem our kingdom is going through has to do with respect and tolerance. People do not listen to each other, they just argue, they
do not cooperate, and worse, they do not obey the
's orders. -
said Henry, . - If we do not act quickly, we run the risk of losing the independence of the kingdom, of being attacked and dominated by other people, because we do not know how to work as a team,
and obey orders.
And having said this, they gathered in a room of the
the instructions of the Magic would have to accomplish.
to
on the mission that they
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The
told the
only they could help the
and then magically three objects appeared from the book. The
,
“Because you are so pretty Charlotte you will take the magic
. This
mirror allows the one who looks in it to see their true character. You Agnes
have this magic
. You are forgetful, so you can use the
to help you remember because this magic
can stretch forever.
Finally Sophie, as you can be a bit nosy I give you these magic
which allow you to see through things. Use these gifts
wisely to help the
. If you succeed in your task you will be
granted three
finished
as a reward……..” Before the
all 3
the door the words “three
had
had grabbed their gifts and run out of
” ringing in their ears.
Charlotte was the quickest and she ran to the highest tower in the
. She held the
people below to
high above her head and began calling to the
but no one did. While she shouted she failed to
notice the sunlight shining on the
and reflecting onto the straw
roofs of the houses below. Suddenly the houses caught fire! Now the people noticed Charlotte, and were very angry. Charlotte ran as fast as she could back
to her parents’
, in the
to hide.
Agnes saw what had happened to Charlotte and thought it would be a good idea to get the people together so she could talk to them rather than shouting.
She walked quietly around the
square with the magic
gathering the people together. Unfortunately because Agnes was quite short
she took the magic
around the people’s legs (not their middles) so
when she had gathered the people together rather than being a tidy group
they all fell on top of one another or onto the hard floor of the square. The people became angry at being tied up and fought to get free. They chased after Agnes who ran away as fast as she could to her parents’
small
deep in the
.
Meanwhile nosy Sophie had been enjoying herself. She had used the magic
to peer into people’s homes. She told her friends what she had seen and soon everyone in the town knew what was happening in everyone else’s home. The people became angry with the nosy parker and Sophie was very scared. She ran all the way home to her parents’ little
in the
When all three girls
arrived home breathless and frightened they
had to tell their parents what had happened. Their parents were shocked! The
three
were normally responsible, hardworking and kind. It was
unusual for them to cause so much trouble and upset. “Girls, you have been very thoughtless, you should have worked together to
help the
! All you have done is think of yourselves and the three
. Start working together, start working as a team.�
Shamed the
were sent to their tiny bedroom which they shared to
discuss how they could use their gifts to help the
deal of thought the
came up with a plan.
. After a great
Late the following night the
put the
on the
walls. Now everyone could see what was happening in the
. The following morning all the townsfolk who passed by the
could see how unhappy the
“What on earth was wrong?” they wondered. “Why was the unhappy?”
looked.
so
As soon as the sun set the
them with the
took the glasses away and replaced
. As the people walked by they saw themselves
arguing and quarrelling and
to no one. Now they realised why the
was so unhappy.
That afternoon the people of the town held a meeting. They agreed that they
wanted to help the
“How can we remember to
.
to each other? How can we remember
not to argue and quarrel but respect one another?� they asked each other.
The
stood up,
“We have an idea,” they said, “tie a piece of this
fingers and if you ever think someone is not
around your
to you point to the
to help them remember to show respect and
to each
other.”
The townspeople listened to the
and agreed to their idea. It
wasn’t long before the town became known throughout the land for the
skills of the people. The town flourished through tolerance and
respect and the
was happy once more.
The
held a banquet to celebrate his peoples’ ability to
and respect one another.
“Congratulations and thank you,” said
the
Henry, “you have restored
’s happiness and the people are listening to one another
once again. The magic book was right to choose
. It is time to
return you gifts.”
The
entered the
and found the book waiting for
them.
“Well done,”
.”
the
, “I may now grant your three
The
had spent a long time considering their
had decided to work together to use their
. They
and help their hard
working and loving parents. “I wish all children would have such helpful and wise parents,” said Sophie. “I wish my mother and father did not have to work so hard to provide for us,” said Agnes.
“I wish that our
in the
was not so small so that our
friends and family can visit whenever they like,” said Charlotte.
The
spent many happy hours
to the stories of all the
visitors that came to their new home. Their mother still baked
made
and
but she did not have to walk to the village to sell her wares.
At night when the
was quiet and the
to be asleep they discussed their next big adventure!
were supposed
In the morning Ken went to school. He took the
with
him and kept it in his pocket all day. He completely forgot about it. When the lessons ended, Ken and his friends decided to go to the park to
. Ken went to the park with Oliver, Alex and David.
The weather was beautiful and sunny and there were many people in the park. The boys were very
and didn’t want to stop
playing.
Unfortunately, they were getting hungry. Ken had a great idea! They could
get some
from the nearby apple trees. His
friends agreed and soon the boys were sitting on the grass under a tree and eating delicious apples.
Suddenly, they heard a strange noise, like crying, from above. Ken looked up
and saw a small
up in the tree. It was stuck. It
couldn’t get down and it was scared. “We have to help it!” Ken said to his friends. But it was very high up. The boys couldn’t climb up and help the kitten.
“We need a
!” Alex said.
“No, we don’t!” Ken remembered his
and took it out of
his pocket. He thought about the scared little how much he wanted to help it. It worked! He started levitating! Ken’s friends…
and
Ken's friends were surprised that the gave to him the power to fly: Ken rescued the kitten from the treeand his friends were very proud of him. He picked up the little animal, but when he brought the puppy down from the tree, he saw that it was hurt:
Ken and his
thought, as well, to take him to the
vet who treated the kitten by putting a on paw. When the kitten healed, Ken decided to adopt him and named him Birba.
Along with David, Alex and Oliver, he helped other
in trouble and got them a foster family. During the winter Ken and his friends went on a trip in the
: they had so much fun because they went
skiing and made a . But one day, it started to snow intensely and a snowstorm erupted: the kids were trapped in the snow and they could not break free.
Ken remembered he had the pebble, so he took it out of his pocket and once again he began to float in the air, releasing
his trapped . Flying on the snowy valleys, Ken was able to call the
.
So, the
came and freed the kids digging with
and throwing
to pull them out of
the snow. Ken felt like a hero because he could save lives with a simple
.
Thanks to this, in the times that followed, the child became famous, but he decided to keep his secret and to use it only for charitable purposes: he wanted to make people
understand the importance of a sign of
for others to stop any
and discord.