By: Giovanna Amorim (Grade 3)

Once upon a time, there was a very lonely woman who liked to walk in the woods. One day, she was walking among the trees when she heard a sad sound, like a very low cry.

Following the sound, she found a black swan among the stones. It was small, quiet and unlike any other swan she had ever seen. So she took it in her arms in a soft cloth and took it with her. Some people didn’t understand: “why are you helping such a strange swan?” But she just smiled.

The woman helped the swan for many days. She gave it food, water and a safe place to stay. As time passed, he got better and better, and one fine day it flew very high.

Before leaving, the swan left a black feather. So the woman planted the feather in the ground and it grew into a very rare and special flower.

Since then, anyone who passes by that garden feels something different… as if the forest had learned to take care of even the strangest or most unusual things.

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