A DREAM STORY

Once upon a time there was a small house in the woods.

A man and a cat lived in the small house.

A cat, red and fat, and full of wisdom lived with the man in the small house.

Go and look for happiness, the fat red cat purred to the man, go to the mountain, the stream and the city, and look for happiness, the fat red cat said to the man.

A little man he was, shy and lonely, with a beautiful heart.

What is happiness, the little man asked.

You will know, the red fat cat said and closed its eyes.

The little man went out of the woods, he walked to the mountain, the stream and the city.

He met other men, and he met women and children.

He made friends and his loneliness was gone.

He wrote a letter to the red fat cat in the small house in the woods.

I found work and friends. I have money to buy a new shirt, to have a hair cut and a beer in the evening. 

Is this happiness?

The red fat cat wrote back to the little man. This is very good, but it is not happiness.

One day the little man crossed path with a little woman.

Her smile was shy like his and her hands were open.

The little man put his hands in her hands and his heart filled with love.

The fat red cat smiled when it opened another letter from the little man and read:

I found happiness.
It is called Love.