The door creaked. The little girl quietly stepped over the threshold and walked out onto the porch of her house. She closed her eyes against the bright sunlight, and a fresh breeze blew across her tender face. What an indescribably beautiful world opens up before her! She looked up - there, high, high, almost right up to the sky, the leaves of the trees were rustling, and here, next to her, butterflies and dragonflies were flying from flower to flower. The girl inhaled the delicate fragrant aroma emanating from the grass, flowers, and foliage. And everything that now lived, rustled, rustled, gurgled and sang around her seemed to the baby something still not entirely clear, new, but so wonderful and incredibly attractive!
Time has passed. The door creaked again, and a young girl ran out of the house onto the same porch. She closed her eyes against the bright sunlight, smiled, looking at the little children running around the yard, and noticed a vase with a bouquet of white roses on the windowsill of the neighbor’s window. Having examined herself from the side to see if her dress was in order, she quickly hurried along the path to the gate, thinking about not getting her new shoes in the mud.
Several more years flew by quickly. The same door creaked, and an elderly woman came out onto the porch of the house. Feeling the coolness of the autumn morning, pulling her hat over her ears better and adjusting her scarf, she went to the gate, completely not noticing anything around her and thinking about something of her own.
Years passed unnoticed. The door creaked heavily and slowly opened. A very old woman came out onto the porch, stepping carefully. . She closed her eyes against the bright sunlight, breathed in the freshness of the early summer morning with pleasure, smiled, looking at the fluttering butterflies and dragonflies, and listened to the gentle singing of the birds. The old woman looked up and saw the blue of the clear sky breaking through the green foliage. All this seemed to her inexpressibly and painfully amazing and beautiful. As if she saw this for the first time, and perhaps the last time...
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru