Bed Story

 

1. Smilky and Little Sun

If it was sufficient age, winged ants allowed to leave the nest. Smilky was a young winged ant.  He could not stand to wait that moment. Especially, when an old winged ant told him about the beauty of the outside of their nest. “There is a sun that very bright and beautiful!” said the old winged ant. Smilky could not wait anymore. He could not wait to try out his wings.  When the guard ant who keep the nest was careless, Smilky sneaked out the nest.

“Where is the sun?” said Smilky. He was very curious about the sun.

            “It is night. There is not the sun,” replied Rot, an adult winged ant.

            “When I can see the sun?”

            “In the morning!”

            “But, what are shining everywhere?”

            “Lamps!”

               “Over there?” asked Smilky and pointed the sky.

            Rot said, “They are stars and moon!” Smilky was very happy,  he flew  and danced everywhere. After that he flew to neon light and had fun with beetles, moths, and other insects.

            “Who is peeping us?” asked Smilky.

            The beetle answered, “She is a lizard. Don’t approached her, you’ll be eat.”

            “Who are they that fly by flickering?” Smilky asked to an ant.

            The ant answered, “They are fireflies. They are very lucky and not afraid of the darkness. They can produce their own light.”

            “Why they can do that?” said Smilky, jealous.

            “It is their fate. Or, maybe, they ever went to the sun,” said the ant,  perfunctory.       

            The sunrise and the day became brightly. Smilky was very happy. “Is it the sun? Wonderful, it is more bright  than moon, lamp, and, firefly!” cried Smilky. When there is a green fly, Smilky asked, “Did you have go to the sun?”

            “Why must we go to there if  its light already get here?” replied the green fly.

               Smilky said, “I want to go to the sun!”

            “Useless. If you want to do it, it's the sign that you are the stupid winged ant! It is need much time and power to go to the sun.”

            Smilky said, “But I have much time to do that. Moreover, I am the young winged ant so I have many power!” Then, Smilky flied away to the sky, high and more highly. But,  until he lost his energy,  he never arrived to the sun. “The green fly is true. It is useless. I am  very stupid to do that,” Smilky said, grumble.

The sunset, the day became night. There was a puppet show. Smilky went to there. He saw many reddish light which swayed by the wind and smoky near a toyman. “What is which glow near the man?” Smilky asked to a red beetle.

            The red beetle answered, “It is a torch or the little sun!”   

            “The little sun?”

            “Yes! Because it is hot like the sun.” 

            After heard the answer of the red beetle, Smilky was very happy. He thought, “I have  a good idea. If  I can’t go to the real sun, it is enough for me if I am go to the torch!” Smilky flew to the little sun. He danced around the torch, as if  he rounded the sun.  Bad luck, his wings was burned. The morning  when the puppet show had over, the toyman extinguished the torch and he found a charcoal winged ant. (*)