Kutija nade The Box of..hope

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Sedim u vozu..duboko u mislima..zabrinuta.Preko puta mene sedi jedan dečak.Izgleda i on uzbudjen i zabrinut.Započe priču.Tek onda primetih da ima Daunov Sindrom.

Pričao je da mu je ovo prvi dan da ide na posao u radionicu i da mu je neprijatno jer nikada ne priča sa nepoznatima.Ja odgovorim da se to ne da primetiti, jer eto  počeo je da priča sa mnom.

-To je zato što moram nekog da pitam za iskreno mišljenje o mojoj kutiji za ručak.

Pritom izvadi dotičnu kutiju na kojoj su bili naslikani klovnovi i na kojoj je pisalo:Budi uvek nasmešen.

' Baš je lepa kutija..rekoh

Onda mi je pokazao i svoju šolju i pitao me da li i ja imam takvu.Ja rekoh da nemam.

-Onda si sad sigurno ljubomorna na mene?

Onda je izvadio knjigu iz tašne.Mama mu je rekla da ljudi u vozu uvek čitaju knjige.

Na jednoj stanici smo izašli zajedno iz voza.

Zahvalio mi se i pozdravljajući pitao da li sam i ja nervozna.

Kada sam odgovorila potvrdno rekao je:

- Hoćeš da ti dam moju kutiju za ručak ?

Nije bio ni svestan kakvo značenje u tom trenutku imaju ove njegove reči.Bila  sam na putu u bolnicu kod ..moga tate..

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I am sitting in the train..deep in my thoughts. Across from me there is a young boy.He seems worried and exited.He started talking.Only now I noticed he has a Down Syndrome.

He told me this was his first day of work at the social workplace and he is uncomfortable talking to strangers.I told him I did not noticed because he was talking to me,right.

-That is because I need your honest opinion of how you like my lunchbox.

He pulled his lunchbox out of his bag.It had some clowns on it and a writing:Be always with smiles.

- It is very nice lunchbox  -I said

Than he showed me his drinking cup and asked me if I had one like that.I said I don't.

-Than you must envy me now..he said ,opened his bag and pulled  a book out.His mom told him people always read books on the train.

We exited the train on the same stop.

He was saying goodbye and asked me if I was nervous too.When I nodded he said:

_ Would you like to have my lunchbox?

He wasn't aware what this simple words meant to me..I was on my way to visit my very ill dad in the hospital