statue. Kahlil Gibran
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Tales to think and dream a new world.
long lived on the mountain a man who had a statue, by an old sculptor. Had left her face down in a corner of his house, and did not worry about it at all.
But one day there happened to pass by a man who came from the city. As an educated man, seeing the statue, was asked the owner without willing to sell.
The owner laughed at and said
- But who will buy that stone dirty and discolored?
The city man said
- I thank for her this silver coin.
And the other was satisfied and happy.
The statue was brought to the city on the back of an elephant. After many moons, the man of the mountain down to the city.
While walking down the street saw people will ball up in front of a building where a man loudly proclaimed:
- Come to see the statue more beautiful and wonderful world! Only two pieces of silver to admire the art work of a master sculptor.
And the mountain man paid two silver coins and came to the museum to see the statue that he had sold one currency.
Kahlil Gibran
(Lebanon, 1883-1931)
poet, philosopher and artist, born in Lebanon, a land that has produced many prophets, his fame and influence spread beyond the Middle East. His poetry has been translated into over twenty languages \u200b\u200band his drawings and paintings have been exhibited in major world capitals. In the U.S., he made his home for twenty years of his life, he began writing in English. The Prophet and his other books of poetry, illustrated with his mystical drawings, are known to countless Americans who find in them an expression of the deepest impulses of the heart and the human mind.
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