A little girl, sitting on the seashore, concentratedly sculpted a castle out of sand and stones; it turned out big and beautiful. She patted and smoothed his walls with her small palms to give them completeness. Looking at her creation, she began to joyfully jump around it and clap her hands...
Suddenly, a large wave reached the castle and covered it, washing away part of the sand... The girl continued to laugh loudly and rejoice, jumping around the remains of the castle.
-What are you happy about? an elderly man who was watching what was happening asked her, because the castle was washed away by the wave...
“No,” the girl answered laughing. ... Look and she pointed to a pile of stones that remained from the castle .... The castle remains! The sand was just carried away... the most important thing remains! ... and there’s so much sand here, the smiling girl showed along the coastline with her hand...
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru