Grandfather Philemon. Story of grandparents for children

What will grandparents look like in the eyes of a 5 year old? Do not miss this tender and emotional short story, where a child talks about his grandfather. El 'Grandfather Philemon' is a story dedicated to all the grandparents of the world. It serves to realize the important role they play within th

What will grandparents look like in the eyes of a 5 year old? Do not miss this tender and emotional short story, where a child talks about his grandfather. El 'Grandfather Philemon'

is a story dedicated to all the grandparents of the world. It serves to realize the important role they play within the family and the indelible memory they leave in each one of us. Grandfather Philemon, a story dedicated to grandparents

My grandfather is an old man. When I ask:

- Grandpa, how old are you?

The wrinkles are put on its tip and it says:

- Tropecientos!

I do not know how many are gazillion. Only count to one thousand. There must be many more. But with his gazillion years and everything, Grandfather Philemon puts on his waterproof boots, grabs the retel and says:

- Come on, let's go fishing for crabs!

And we put on a river bridge to lower the rope. If a policeman comes to scold you, put that face that I put when mom catches me eating cookies secretly ... and it works! The policeman forgives him and always ends up saying:

- Come on, Philemon, but let it be the last time, eh?

And the next day, he says the same thing again.

My grandfather Philemon takes me on walks along beautiful paths; He tells me war stories, and if we see fat blackberries in the bush, he pulls me up so he can take them.

He likes to kill flies with a very long stick and when he has to read, he gets very close to the leaves and his glasses drip down to the tip of his nose. He also likes to talk to people and sing very old songs.

But sometimes he is gawking at the sky and his face is very sad.

One day I asked him why it was so good. He told me that if you are good you will grow wings. That they do not see themselves, but that they are there, and with the years they become big and they are weighed. And there comes a time when they weigh so much that you can no longer walk and you have to fly.

Now I understand why Grandfather Philemon looks so much to heaven. Surely grandmother Luisa flies around. Grandpa Philemon wants to go with her to eat one of those delicious rich paellas and change chicken tajaditas for rice. And that's it, ready, my grandfather Philemon, nobody wins. '

('Grandfather Filemón' - A story by Fanny Tales)