Ten Tributes to Calvino
““Why does everyone keep staring at me? They never scrutinise me in the middle of the day – only when I’m going to bed! I think I’ll draw the clouds tight from now on and get some privacy!”
WAITING FOR BREAKFAST A boy sat on the beach with a toasting fork, holding it up to the sun. “You need to light a fire with driftwood,” the sun told him, “because I’m not hot enough to toast that slice of bread.”
“You will be when you turn into a Red Giant,” answered the boy.
The sun considered this and s...aid: “Yes, I’ll swell up and engulf the innermost planets and boil into steam the oceans of Earth, and any bread lying around will toast nicely, but that won’t happen for billions of years!”
The boy laughed and shook his head.
“Don’t you know that one day I’ll have children and entrust this task to them, and that they too will have children and do likewise, and so on until the necessary time has elapsed?”
The sun was amazed. “That is a long wait for breakfast!”MoreLess
WAITING FOR BREAKFAST A boy sat on the beach with a toasting fork, holding it up to the sun. “You need to light a fire with driftwood,” the sun told him, “because I’m not hot enough to toast that slice of bread.”
“You will be when you turn into a Red Giant,” answered the boy.
The sun considered this and s...aid: “Yes, I’ll swell up and engulf the innermost planets and boil into steam the oceans of Earth, and any bread lying around will toast nicely, but that won’t happen for billions of years!”
The boy laughed and shook his head.
“Don’t you know that one day I’ll have children and entrust this task to them, and that they too will have children and do likewise, and so on until the necessary time has elapsed?”
The sun was amazed. “That is a long wait for breakfast!”MoreLess
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