13 Sep Did you not shout for help? (BERTOLT BRECHT – The helpless boy)
Mr. K. talked about the bad habit of silently allowing an injustice suffered to eat at one, and told the following story: A boy was crying to himself and a passerby asked what was wrong. ‘I had saved two dimes for the movies,’ said the boy, ‘when a big lad came and grabbed one from me,’ and he pointed at a lad who could be seen some distance away. ‘Did you not shout for help?’ asked the man. ‘I did,’ said the boy and sobbed a little more loudly. ‘And didn’t anyone hear you?’ the man went on, stroking him fondly. ‘No,’ sobbed the boy and looked at the man with new hope. Because he was smiling. ‘Then give me that one as well,’ said the man and took the second dime out of the boy’s hand and walked away unconcerned.
Bertolt Brecht
Stories of Mr. Keuner
Translated from the German by Martin Chalmer
SOURCE : monoscop.org
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