the man with beautiful eyes

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Country: Spain

Language: English

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Posted by: advancedenglish2 on Mar 31, 2009

nice story

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When we were kids
there was a strange house
All the shades were always drawn
and we never heard voices in there
And the yard was full of bamboo
And we liked to play in the bamboo
pretend we were Tarzan
Although there was no Jane
And there was a fish pond
And there was a fish pond, a large one
full of the fattest gold fish you ever saw
and they were tame
they came to the surface of the water
and took pieces of bread from our hands
Our parents had told us
"Never go near that house"
so, of course, we went
we wondered if anybody lived there
weeks went by and we never saw anybody
Then, one day
we heard a voice from the house
"You god dammned whore"
It was a man´s voice
Then, the screen door of the house was flung open
and the man walked down
he was holding a fifth of whisky in his right hand
He was about thirty
he had a cigar in his mouth
needed a shave
his hair was wild and uncombed
and he was barefoot,
in undershirt and pants
But his eyes were bright
They blazed with brightness
and he said: "Hey little gentlemen, having a good time, I hope?"
Then he gave a little laugh and walked back into the house
we left, went back to my parent's yard
and thought about it
Our parents, we decided
had wanted us
to stay away fromm there because
they never wanted us to see a man like that:
strong, natural man, with beautiful eyes
our parents were ashamed
that they were not like that man
That's why they wanted us to stay away
But we went back to the house
and the bamboo and the tame goldfish
we went back many times
for many weeks but we never saw
or heard the man again
The shades were down as always
and it was quiet.
Then one day, as we came back from school
we saw the house
It had burned down
there was nothing left
just a smoldering twisted black foundation
and we went to the fishpond
and there was no water in it
and the fat orange goldfish were dead
there, drying out.
We went back to my parent's yard
and talked about it
and decided that our parents had burned
their house down, had killed them
had killed the gold fish
because it was all too beautiful
even the bamboo forest had burned
they had been afraid
of the man with the beautiful eyes
And we were afraid then, that
all through our lives
things like that would happen
that nobody wanted anybody
to be strong and beautiful, like that
that others would never allow it
and that many people
would have to die

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