COLORS
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Once upon a time the colors of the world
started to quarrel:all claimed they were the best,
the most important,the most useful, the favorite.
GREEN said:Clearly I am the most important.
I am the sign of life and hope.I was chosen for grass, leaves and trees-
without me allanimals would die.Look out over the countryside and you
will see that I am the majority.
BLUE interrupted:You only think about the earth,but consider the sky and the sea.
It is the water that is the basis of life and drawn up by the cloudsfrom the deep sea.
The sky gives space and peace and serenity.
Without my peace you would all be nothing.
YELLOW chuckled:You are all so serious.
I bring laughter,gaiety,and warmth to the world.
The sun is yellow, the moon is yellow,the stars are yellow.
Everytime you look at a sunflower, the whole world starts to smile.
Without me there would be no fun.
ORANGE started next to blow her temper.
I am the color of health and strength.
I may be scarce but I am precious for I serve the needs of human life.
I carry the most important vitamins.
Think of carrots,pumpkins.oranges,mangos and pawpaws.
I don't hang around all the time but when I feel the sky at
sunrise or sunset, my beauty is so strikingthat no one
gives any thought to any of you.
RED could stand it no longer.
He shouted out:I am the ruler of you all!
I am blood! Life is blood! I am the color
of danger and bravery.I am willing to fight for a cause!
I am the color of passsion and Love,the red rose, the poppy,
the poinsettia.Without me, the earth would be as empty as the moon.
PURPLE rose up to his full height.
He was very tall and spoke with great pomp:
I am the color of royalty and power.Kings,
chiefs and bishopshave always chosen me for
I am a sign of authority and wisdom.
People do not question me ,they
listen and obey.
Finally INDIGO spoke much more quietly than all the others,
but with just as much determination.
Think of me I am the color of silence.
You hardly notice me but without me you all
become superficial.
I represent thought and reflection,twilight and deep water.
You need me for balance and contrast,
for prayer and inner peace.
And so all the colors went on boastingand quarrelling,
each convinced of their own superiority.
Soon their quarrelling louder and louder.
Suddenly there was a startling flash of bright lightening!
Thunder rolled and boomed!
Rain started to poor down relentlessy.
The colors crouched down in fear
drawing close to one another for comfort.
In the midst of the clamor RAIN began to speak:
You foolish colors,fighting amongst yourselves,
each trying to dominate the rest.Don't you were each made
for a special purpose? Unique and different.
Join hands with one another and come with me.
Doing as they were told the colors united
and joined hands.The rain continued:
From now on,when it rains,each of you will stretch
across the sky in a great bow of colors
as a reminder you can all live in peace.
The rainbow is a sign of hope for tomorrow.
And so, when a good rain washes the world,
and a rainbow appears in the sky.
let us remember to appreciate one another.
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Based on a Native American Legend
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