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Symphony
The Orphanage



Index

Introduction
1 Puta the Guitarist
2 Frustrated Rabbits
3 Emergency Of Kingdoms


4 Find A Kitty
5 Squirrels
6 Meao
7 Arpeggio


8 Near the Fountain
9 Follow Me
10 Tunnel
11 His Past


12 Speech 1
13 Speech 2
14 Jason
15 Let's pray


16 Arpessio Once More
17 Plan & Action
18 Remember Love Again
19 Arrival


Epilogue
Ending


Quiz
Enquete
Afterword

For the people who believe in love.



Introduction

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful orphanage named 'Symphony' where any children regardless of colors or religions were welcomed from all over the world.



The founder named Gabrielle, a beautiful and kind boy, loved them so much that even installed a beautiful fountain and a Ferris wheel for them.

They called him a beautiful brother and admired a lot. Each of them grew up well and someday left there finding their own happiness.

When the last child Diana finally found her own happiness and left there in tears he thought his role was over and decided to close the orphanage.

Actually, she loved him over the age difference and wanted to remain to support him but he rejected her proposal.

He looked sad and lonely when he was alone which made her worried and sad.

On a beautiful Autumn day he closed the gates.

Eventually, lots of cute animals came from the nearest forest and started to live in the yard.

And a fantasy about animals starts..


1 Puta the Guitarist


A cute kitty with big eyes and fur showed up in a yard.
His name was Puta.

His dream was to be a great guitarist in the world and save people with his music.

"If you want to make your dream come true, visit the yard because there is something to learn."

His music teacher Czerny said before he passed away in the hospital.

As such he came here but, it didn't seem to be happening there.

Puta had been watching the yard in a confused manner.

Bunnies were furiously throwing vegetables at each other using Roman catapults while crying out.

"The fountain is ours!"
"Get these peppers!"
"Get these carrots!"


"Since they are living in the same yard, they should be just happy together."

He sighed.



2


There were various colours of bunnies.

Grey, then pink, and white, and so on.

All the colours were beautiful.


At first, they had been living happily but after finding a fountain, a problem happened.

Everyone wanted to have fun but it was too small for them to use at times.


Frustrated bunnies had divided the yard into three areas.

Pink Paw Paw republic, White Long Ears Community, and Grey Emperors were names based on their chosen colours.

Then some worshiped carrots and others worshiped peppers.

And, they said others who didn't agree were strange.



It all went crazy.

A mouse named Mack was behind it.

He learnt lots of weird things in human books and told them to follow.

"Hey, according to the human book, people divide countries."

"Hey, according to the human book, people throw something at each other using Roman catapults."

They believed what they were told and didn't dare to doubt it.

Not only bunnies but other animals such as squirrels and kitties were in fact living there together.

Sadly, they were so terrified that they stopped going out at all.

They wished for a hero to stop them.


3 Emergency Of Kingdoms


One day, a big thing happened.

Many noticed a white kitty jumped in the yard from the window of the building.

"We thought no owner was living here but this kitty could be an owner's pet."

"If we had hurt her we would be in trouble. "

"Not only we may be kicked out but become food for lions!"

They talked about the kitty feeling so scared.


They didn't know the place was even the yard of an orphanage.

Urgently, the leaders from three areas gathered and held a meeting.

General Maria from Pink Paw Paw Republic, Commander Jason from White Long Ears Community, and Congressperson Eliza from Grey emperors attended.


Jason(Left) Maria (Center) Eliza(Right)

Eliza was married and had a child.

But, Maria and Jason didn't have a chance to do so.

They had always been sad about this point .

"We must find her and confirm if she is fine."

"By that time, we must stop shooting."


They talked about the kitty and this was the conclusion.

"But, how can we find her? "
"This yard is too large to find a kitty."
Eliza said in a worried look.

"Cats love to catch mice."

"Should we offer Mac to her? "

Maria said, staring at him in a cold look.

She didn't like him so much.

"Unless he had given weird knowledge and technology to us from human books we wouldn't have been in this difficult condition and risked ourselves."

She really thought so.



Jason and Eliza also looked at Mac.

Mac had been already scared because he thought the kitty might come to catch him.

He said in a trembling voice.

"I'm not going, OK?!"


4 Find A Kitty


They requested Puta for support.

"Would you help us?"
Jason asked.


Since he had been so tired of watching their weird war, he thought he should do something to stop them.

" Ok, meao."

"We might climb a higher building to catch a bird as well."

"I may look up there."

"But the yard is so large."

"Why don't you just help each other to find her, meao?"

He said.

They nodded.

"Let's form teams to find the kitty."

Eliza said.


Jason(Left) Maria(Right)

General Maria and Commander Jason are now one team.

They're going to find the kitty.

It was a strange feeling for Jason even though he had agreed on the plan.

"Why am I going out with an enemy?"

He thought.

Maria seemed to enjoy the moment wearing beautiful earrings.

She hadn't gone out with someone for ages and missed it.

When they were walking together one issue happened.

General Jason was hurt on his ear by a branch and Maria cared for him.

Maria smiled and said, caressing his ear.

"Now, alright."
"Ears are so important for all bunnies."

Commander Jason was shocked by her kind behaviour.

"Thank you very much."

He said in an amazed tone.

"After all, it's nothing but us who built the wall ."

"We're all only bunnies."

He thought.

It was the same to Maria.

She didn't expect she would care about an enemy and the enemy would accept her kindness.

Since then they have become closer and closer talking about their hobbies, favorite things, and so on.


5 Squirrels


3 days had passed but the kitty was not found yet.

Maria and Jason became nervous.

They helped each other and kept searching for the kitty and walked further and further.

Eventually found squirrels among trees.

They were terrified by seeing them holding each other.

Around there, lots of bullets made of carrots and peppers were everywhere and their nest had been destroyed.

Maria and Jason approached and gently embraced them.

They felt guilty.

Apparently this was made by their shootings.

Maria decided to shelter them in her house.

"I will take care of you.

Please come with me."

She said.

"Why did we think we were greater than others once we had weapons?"

"We hurt someone and we also risked ourselves as well."

Jason thought so, looking at them.


6 Meao


Day 4th.

It was almost midnight.

It was Puta who finally found the kitty.

He heard the voice of a kitty from a Ferris wheel and looked up.

"Meao, Meao, Meao.."

She had jumped on there to avoid their shootings and couldn't come out anymore because it had stopped at the highest position.

Puta dragged the gondola down and let her come out.

"Thank you so much for saving me".

"I was really worried, meaon."
She said.


7 Arpeggio


"My name is Catherine."

"I'm the owner's cat in this yard.

She introduced herself."

"I have something important to tell all bunnies here."

"Please take me to their place tomorrow, meaon."

She said in a determined look.

"Sure."

He replied.

They spent the night in a gondola.

Catherine had silky white fur and green eyes, and was so elegant.

Puta was attracted.

She was silently looking at the sky in a sad manner.

Puta meowed and asked.

"Are you fine?"

She replied.

"Yes."

"Look."

"Stars are so beautiful."

"Thanks to the suspension of shootings we can finally see the beautiful stars."

Puta looked through the window.

Thousands of stars were shining fantastically in the sky.

She still looked sad and somehow lonely.

But, Puta didn't dare to ask and opened a case then took out a guitar.

He started to play silently.

It was a beautiful Arpeggio.

"What a beautiful melody."

"I used to play the piano."

She was amazed and said,

"I think I had heard of it when I was small."

She added.

"My teacher told me to play this when someone is lonely."

Puta said.

"You're so sweet."

"Well, I'm missing my old friends."

She smiled and kept staring at his play.


8 Near the Fountain


Puta and Catherine went to the headquarters together the next morning.
The bunnies greeted her nervously.


"Lady, nice to meet you."

"We would like to know why you came here."

" This is a dangerous place."

Commander Jason asked.



"Dangerous place?"

"You made my yard a dangerous place. "

"I came here to stop you."

"At this rate, you will be kicked out from this yard by a new owner."

They gasped.


9 Follow Me


"You don't seem to understand where this is exactly."

"Please follow me, I will tell you."

She said.

She opened the door near a fountain.

It was a secret tunnel to go to the other place.


10 Tunnel

They kept going and going through the long dark tunnel following her and finally reached the light.

What they saw was a beautiful cemetery.


11 His Past


'My owner experienced a war here."

"It was really terrible and he lost many friends."

"He felt guilty about the fact he couldn't save any of them and decided to build an orphanage here."

"Colours nor religions did matter."



"His last wish was to do something good for new children, spending his remaining life and money even if he died as single, rejecting his own love."



"He was even a gentle animal lover as well and had adopted many stray animals from all over the world."

"Grey, then pink, and white, and so on."

"All cute and beautiful."

"And I made many friends."


12 Speech 1


"On the contrary, you never stop believing that you can't make friends with others saying colours are different, and religions are different, pointing out nonsense!"

"You keep believing that it's just impossible to make friends with others who look different!"

"But, it's nothing but your imagination!"

"You built up the borders from nowhere!"

"Wake up and face up with reality."


13 Speech 2

"Please stop your war now."

"For your new children."

"For yourself too."


"I'm not going to say love can solve anything."

"But, without it what can you accomplish?"

"Please add love as one of your solutions to stop your own war."

"This is an orphanage in the name of love."


14 Jason


Now, the commander Jason couldn't talk back.

If they hadn't suspended the war, he wouldn't have met Maria.

He had secretly started to love her.

Actually Maria was feeling the same.



15 Let's pray

'We have to pray for the people who rest in peace."

Maria felt guilty and murmured.

Jason and Eliza nodded silently.

"Can you really stop your war now?"

Catherine asked, looking at their eyes.


" Puta please play the guitar then."

Catherine said abruptly.

"What?"

Puta was confused.

She passed a music note.

"This is a note my teacher wrote and played every night for us to sleep in the orphanage."

"I thought maybe you could play."

Puta was shocked to see the signature on the music note.


"Czerny"

It was the name of the teacher who had taught him music.


16 Once More


He understood everything.

"My teacher was teaching music here. "

And, he must have learned that music could make anyone happy over borders by just seeing the bright eyes of children."

"I will."


He took out the guitar and started to play.

It was a beautiful arpeggio.

They listened silently.

His play healed the souls of the people who rest in peace under the ground.


17 Plan & Action


"The new owner will come and see this yard in 30 days."

"If you can't make peace by the time, you will become the food for lions."

Catherine said sharply in front of the black board.

"But I know you can do it."

"Love again!"

Saying so, she smiled.

It was enough.

They're ending the war together anyway.

They made a plan together.

"Rescue animals and rebuild houses then welcome the new owner in the name of love."

"And,let's marry Maria and Jason."

Eliza added.

"What?!"

They gasped.

"It's so obvious that you love each other. "

"You're always together and look happy."

"We accomplish everything and get back our love."
Eliza insisted.



Maria and Jason didn't dare to talk back.

They just hoped such a thing would happen because it only sounded like a decent dream.

However the yard was too large to rescue animals and rebuild houses in 30 days.

They started to understand what they had done for a long time and felt guilty about it.

Catherine was quite happy to see that they were changing and thought she should support them.

"I have a puppy brother."
"He can help you."


She said.

"Puppy brother?"
"Oh how kind!"

They were surprised to hear her proposal.

"Only if you open your heart and accept love over borders, you can accomplish anything together."

She explained.

He was so helpful.
He ran around and indicated to them where to go so speedily.

Following him, the bunnies understood what they had missed for a long time.

It was the power of love.
And, just before the final day they accomplished all.


18 Remember Love Again




They had a long discussion so as not to make this happen anymore following the advice from Catherine.

At the center of the yard they put a monument with engraved "Love Again" to remember the day.


19 Arrival


It was a beautiful Autumn day.

Today was the day the new owner would come.

All the animals welcomed the new owner nervously in front of the gates.

A black car stopped in front of the gates.

Amazingly who got out of the car was the woman named Diana.

Yes, she was the woman who had left the orphanage.

She used to work as an English teacher but had quit so as to take over Gabrielle's position and restart the orphanage.

The thing the bunnies had been afraid of actually didn't happen.

Diana was also a great animal lover and hugged and kissed each of them one by one.

Then a boy named Mickey also came out of the car.

He was 8 years old.

He had lost his parents because of sickness and Diana adopted him to be a single mother.

He approached Maria and burst into tears hugging her warmly.

He had just lost a favourite bunny and had been depressed.

Who would think that many animals would welcome them in a new place?

Diana also started to cry with joy remembering her childhood.


Epilogue


General Maria and commander Jason got married in front of the monument, "Love Again" as they had planned successfully.

They adopted rescued squirrels and became a family too.

Eliza who had become a best friend with Maria knew well that they wanted to have children and this was advice from her.

Their tearful speech at the wedding ceremony made everyone cry.
Not only Eliza but Puta and Catherine also attended the wedding ceremony and Puta played a beautiful song entitled "Love Again", which he had written for them.

He had become a great a guitarist as he had dreamed of.

It was a very beautiful song and was full of messages about how love is beautiful and exists beyond everything.

It's what he had learned through these wonderful events.

Catherine kept looking at him silently remembering all events.

Catherine had never seen such a boy in her life.

"If he hadn't come and saved me, this could never happen."
She thought.

She realized she had loved him since the day he had shown up on a Gondora.

"Puta, thank you."
She murmured.

Eventually, she also confessed love to him in front of the monument and they became a couple.

Mack changed jobs.
Delivering foods and medicines with drones all over the world is a new job.
This was his way to take responsibility.

He studied very hard for this in the many newest books.

Little squirrels loved his idea and said.


"Our nuts are healthy and tasty."

"Why don't you deliver them with your new technology?"

"We learned that there are lots of people who are missing food and sad in this world."

"We want to help them."

"We can collect for you if you want!"

He replied.

"That's a good idea."

"It's worth a try."

Then they smiled.

Let's hope for his success.

Better use knowledge and technologies for a good thing.

And lastly, this woman, Diana, officially confessed love to Gabrielle holding a red rose in front of the orphanage.

"I waited for this time for many years.'

"There's no border between us."

"I love you."

She said in tears.

He couldn't reject this time.

He accepted her rose and soon married.

Why he accepted her is seen in her letter addressed to him.


Diana's Letter


Dear my Gabrielle.

As a teacher, I met up with many children and had to know about this world.

If we focus on only the dark side, this world can be full of terrible things from racism to poverty and wars everywhere.

However, if we focus on the light side closely we can find there is not a small number of brave people who never give up humanity even in such an environment and eagerly want to do something good for others.

We learned love from you and all departed to save someone as doctors, then fire fighters, and nurses, and so on.

And, I became a teacher.
And, we're working hard every day.

Your mission has been completed successfully.

Now it's our turn.

Please help us.

Please allow me to take over your orphanage.

The place you built is so important for all of us now.

All of your brothers and sisters will come back and save new children together.

We're saving children together and changing this world no matter how difficult it is in the name of love.

And, lastly, please allow me to love you.

I had looked at you as a man from the very first day I had seen you and I had never forgotten about you, not even a single day.

Please look at me as your partner.

I really love you.

I'm looking forward to seeing you.

Sincerely,
Diana



Ending


When it's a beautiful night, they play the instruments in front of the monument engraved "Love Again" altogether.

You may come if you want because you're invited.

If you want to know how to play the guitar, Puta will teach you.

Catherine can teach you how to play the piano too as they discovered she is a great pianist.

It's a great symphony.

There's no borders and millions of stars are shining in the sky.

It's so comfortable to spend a night together.

The End


Quiz


Quiz 1

Puta says it took 11 feet to get out of the tunnel. From which exit do you think he got out?


Quiz 2

They're collecting flowers.
How many flowers can you find?


Quiz 3

How many animals showed up in this story?


Afterword



Afterword

Stone monuments exist everywhere in the world to wish for peace.

If you visited Luxembourg you would see one as well.

If you're interested in A.I, you may learn for instance in the book about Python.

However, you might soon notice it's nothing but the expansion of human recognition.

The more technologies get advanced the more we may have to think about how we should use them.

Historically speaking, human beings experienced lots of terrible things but we're here.

As long as there are people who believe in love, what we are talking about here can be the actual fact that may happen in the future even in human history.



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Written & read by RanseRanse for Love Children Animals Over Borders


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