Saturday, August 27, 2005
Hmmm..home from school..yawn..im so tired..darn..haha..stayed in school last night after squash till bout 2130 cos we were discussing the squash shirt design..its simple but I love it..haha..wells..hope shwu huey approves..haha..hmmm..i have like so many many many stuff to do! Argh..its like never ending..darn..i need to study!! No time left..haha..anyway deb came to school on wed and passed me my birthday present..it was a simple book with a deep meaning..im gonna type it out..you guys can continue reading if you want..its ur choice but I think you shld read it!
Title: the missing piece meets the big o by shel silverstein
*missing piece is shaped like a triangle
*big o is round
The missing piece sat alone
Waiting for someone to come along and take it somewhere
Some fit
But could not roll
Others could roll but did not fit
One didn’t know a thing about fitting
And another didn’t know a thing about anything
One was too delicate
One put it on a pedestal
And left it there
Some had too many pieces missing
Some had too many pieces, period
It learned to hide from the hungry ones
More came
some looked too closely
others rolled by without noticing
it tried to make itself more attractive
it didn’t help
it tried being flashy
but that just frightened away the shy ones
at last one came along that fit just right
but all of a sudden
the missing piece began to grow!
And grow!
“I didn’t know you were going to grow”
“I didn’t know it either”, said the missing piece
“im looking for my missing piece, one that wont increase”
And then one day
One came along who looked different
“what do you want of me?” asked the missing piece
“nothing”
“what do you need from me?”
“nothing”
“who are you?”asked the missing piece
“I am the big o”, said the big o
“I think you are the one I have been waiting for,” said the missing piece
“maybe I am your missing piece”
“but I am not missing a piece,” said the big o
“there is no place you would fit”
“that is too bad,”said the missing piece.
“I was hoping that perhaps I could roll with you”
“you cannot roll with me,”said the big o
“but perhaps you can roll by yourself”
“by myself? A missing piece cannot roll by itself”
“have you ever tried?” asked the big o
“but I have sharp corners,” said the missing piece.
“I am not shaped for rolling.”
“corners wear off,”said the big o,
“and shapes change.anyhow, I must say good-bye.perhaps we will meet again..”
And away it rolled.
The missing piece was alone again.
For a long time it just sat there.
Then
Slowly
It lifted itself up on one end..
And flopped over
The lift..pull..flop
It began to move forward
And soon it edges began to wear off..
Liftpullfloplifepullflop
And its shape began to change
And then it was bumping instead of flopping
And then it was bouncing instead of bumping
And then it was rolling instead of bouncing
And it didn’t know where and it didn’t care
It was rolling!
Hope you guys found it meaningful..it would have helped if you had the pictures but I cant upload it..sorry guys! But I think it’s a pretty meaning one..i had different thoughts each time I read it..
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