the pearl
A shrimp asked the clam, you still haven't hatched that egg ? It's a pearl, said the clam. And the shrimp said: what produce offspring of your own kind, I call an egg. The clam replied: It's a pearl, it's another world. The shrimp shook his head: If it's not going to be a baby clam, then what is the use of it ?
- when you become ready for it's secret, then the world might reveal the meaning to you, said the clam. And from that day on, the shrimp kept wondering when he would be ready, as the world had clammed up on him.
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Comments (13)
Mr. 2maybe, I don't have any eggs OR pearls and still I'll be sitting with this for a while and diving into its depths. I can see this making a wonderful story for children!
But I also don't see any correlation with the pearl & the shrimp in above blog!
I suggest you read "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck. I have many of his novels and they are all great. He was quite a writer and was very nice to the image of the Mexican and Mexican-American people. And Chinese, too.
You will like them...guaranteed!
Very instead of vary.
Mr. St. Elmo, that would have been "Kino"
I have a huge collection of John Stenbeck. And for my Granddaughters birthday I bought her a "Red Pony" edition that was bound beautiful.
Yep, Mister, you caused quite a stir and a nice I might add!