The ancient fable :
the beginning of the eighteen hundred brothers Grimm wrote the "Magic Flute". The tale goes that a German national, Hamelin, on the river Weser, a simple flute player was able to liberate the whole city was invaded by mice, thanks to the magic of his flute to the river that attracted millions of mice who, fascinated by the sound of his instrument drowned all the water. The mayor even though he had promised a generous reward to the man, then did not keep their word.
The modern fable :
exactly two centuries have passed since then and today, duemilaundici, has been rewritten a story similar to that and the title, then you'll understand why, you may be: "If it helps, I'll pay!" The city this time Fossalta di Piave, near Venice, and to write two brothers were not fabulous profession, but a group of four teachers, two janitors and citizens of this friendly town in the Venetian lagoon. The modern fairy tale about a little girl of color who attend full-time kindergarten, called (ironically) "The Magic Flute" by Fossalta that suddenly we have seen to deny the right to sit at the school canteen that school, because his mother did not take it anymore to pay even the reduced price of fifty euro per month. His father, a former body-integrated is now working in France and his mother with what he sends just can not live their five children. How do you tell a child so small: You do not eat! A solution was found but, listen ... The teachers of class and some janitors had decided to transfer to the shift due to each meal, while allowing the child to remain seated at the table with compagnetti class. This, however, has run come to know and reached the ears of the mayor thundered: "The voucher is not transferable without any loss of revenue for the city." , The child is asked to leave before lunch, away from his friends. A question of money, you say? No, just a matter of pure intolerance. If the meal is mine, I can give someone who seems to me, what hits the town?
Moral of the story :
Just heard the history has mobilized a piece of Italy he said indignantly: "If it helps, I'll pay.. A gentleman of the place has been offered three blocks to the family of the small meal. The parents of other children protested and offered their sympathy to the family , demonstrating the deep heart of the Veneto that, irrespective of their political, could not accept the position of mayor and the dean.
Reflection :
We must say that in both tales, the mayor does not come out very well. The proportion of the piper in Fossalta have interpreted the teachers and citizens in solidarity. Have you noticed that I neglected to mention the political color of the first citizen of Fossalta di Piave? Simple, because I think that take one side or the other only serves to give a cut of the distorted reality that makes us move away from the real problem. The problem is not accepting this different from us that when there is useful and should remain in the shadows, the margins of our life, and when we do not then no longer of use, even to disappear, because it represents a threat to the dignity of our people for good. We are not talking of Romanians who rape, gypsies who steal or criminals who kill, but just a few years of a child that does not match the amount of food stamps to school. If you knew how much food is wasted every day in school canteens! I will say that one is old school and knows what we are talking about. Whoever emerges from this story is really winning the people of Fossalta di Piave when he says: "The scene of the little girl was crying because it was separated from his friends has devastated the heart. We did not and we have nothing against the administration, we do not do politics! We did what any sensible parent would do. "
Believe me, this is not rhetoric, and the mayor in question would do well to follow the example of his countrymen.
Good Life!
maestrocastello
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