Asteroid B 612.

This water was something more than food. It was born of the walk under the stars, the song of the pulley, the effort of my arms. It was good for the heart, as a gift.

“One day, I saw the sun set forty-three times!”

lot. I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously.

Maybe I’m a little like the grown-ups. I must have got older.

When I was a little boy, the light of the Christmas tree, the music of midnight mass, the sweetness of the smiles made all the radiance of the Christmas gift I received.

must support two or three caterpillars if I want to know the butterflies.

was too young to know how to love

“It’s a hat.” Then, I did not talk to that person about boa snakes, neither virgin forests, nor stars. I put myself on the same level. I talked about bridge, golf, politics, and neckties. And the grown-up was glad to know another rational man…