By: Eduardo Soares (Grade 4)

Oscar was a rich, clever and young man, and his dream was to become a shop owner, like his grandfather. His father didn’t approve of his dream, and wanted him to go to a university. Oscar’s father was obsessed with plants, and he was building a glasshouse for them. He seemed to care more about his plants than his own son.

A week later, the glasshouse was ready, and upset with his father, Oscar decided to put salt in the plants’ water. The plants started to die, and the father prohibited anyone from coming near the glasshouse. One day, with the goal of setting fire to the plants.Oscar entered the glasshouse. Once there, Oscar felt and smelled a sweet and attractive smell, and he went after it. Suddenly, Oscar’s father appeared and yelled:

– I KNEW IT WAS YOU!

As soon as Oscar heard those words, he started to run, or at least tried, because something had caught his feet and he fell. When he looked down, he realized that the thing that attacked his feet was a big green, and sturdy stern. His father’s plants were able to move! The father slowly approached his son. Oscar was able to see the pain and anger in his father’s eyes. The father gave Oscar a kiss on his forehead and left the glasshouse, leaving his son alone with the plants, and they weren’t going to leave him alone…

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