CHARLY´S MIRROR

By: Gladis Fabiola Hernández Moreno

CHARLY´S MIRROR

This is the story of Charly, a rabbit that spent a lot of time in the forest. He lived with his mother and grew up according to his environment: his mother, his house and nature, that's why Charly was a humble rabbit and always helped his mother, kept the house clean and had a well-kept garden. Charly was a bit lonely, because there weren't many neighbors to talk to and interact with and yet he had developed many skills, he sang very beautifully, made crafts, but what he stood out most was in the drawing. He drew flowers, landscapes and his mother, but something would change in the forest routine, in a few days Charly would start school in the city and was nervous about it, since all his classmates were of different species.

When he started classes he met many animals who at first glance were amazed by the appearance of Charly, because he had very pretty, fluffy, soft hair and impressive colors, Charly also had big blue eyes, which could reflect the rest. However, Charly was careful to show his talents to others and they kept telling him, he was beautiful, ignoring his talents a little.

Every day Charly's friends repeated how well he looked at him, while he did not consider it as such an important thing, but one day his teammates decided to give him a “unique mirror”, in which Charly could be seen every day; when Charly arrived home, she uncovered the gift and managed to see her figure, but it was not a normal mirror, this reflected how others looked at him, which made Charly be impressed and since that day he was so amazed that he left his abilities to a side and even almost did not attend school to stay at home looking in the mirror; days went by and Charly began to neglect his values, his study, his mother and his friends, he thought that no one was worth seeing.

That was the beginning of an egocentric, arrogant, apathetic and superficial Charly, he no longer drew, did not help at home and did not listen to his mother and as the days went by he became bored for others and nobody wanted to approach him because they considered him to be a rabbit without feelings for others; Charly's obsession with his mirror was growing and he became addicted to looking at himself; but one day by clueless the mirror fell and broke completely. It was there that he knew that the reality was different, there was not that Charly that the others created and neither were they.

He felt alone but this time it was a different loneliness, he felt rejected by society and by himself, it was then that he took his pencil and began to draw and express his emotions through drawing, a beautiful work of art, “a his mother and friends ” who really loved him, that was what was inside his heart, that was what he lacked. When his mother discovered the drawing he recognized that this was the Charly he loved, and from that moment everyone began to see the talents of Charly, someone who had feelings.

Finally Charly redraw the usual and his friends looked at him in wonder because his talent was unique, while he loved his appearance and felt that it was a beautiful combination, there is nothing like having a cute appearance and a gleaming heart full of values, It inspires us to create amazing things and socialize in an honest way with others. His friends were also sorry to have given Charly the mirror because they had made him different.

The teaching that leaves us is that we should not be superficial, nor act to please the rest of the world, we must always keep our essence above all things.

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