THE VILLAIN OF THE STORY
Tired
of always being the villain of the story, Mr. Wolf got up one morning ready to
give up his job. He put on his best suit, had a good shave and went off to the
employment office for children stories’ characters. At the office there was a
great fuss going on.
-Such disrespect
for your elders! -She shouted angrily.
- How can I help you, Mr. Wolf?
Have you had any delays with your salary this month?
- No, no problem at all with
that. The trouble is with the job itself. I am tired of being the villain
of the stories; of the children being afraid of me; of all the other story
characters laughing at me when I end up burnt, with my stomach full of stones
or shot by the hunter. Either you turn me into hero or I quit my job!
- But we can't do that!
For heroes, we've already got loads of Princes!
- But that is also very
boring. Haven't you heard the princesses' complaints? They are fed up with having
to be the dainty ones always in need of being saved. Times are changing, sir.
You should all know this once and for all!
But
however much Mr. Wolf tried to convince the officer he got nowhere, so he left
the office angrily ready to never, ever work again.
And
this was how the stories ended without a villain. The Three Little Piglets
stared with nostalgia at their new brick house with a chimney. Little Red
Riding Hood was disappointed with her grandmother because she didn't have
either big eyes, or a big nose or mouth. The Seven Little Goats waited bored
out of their minds for their mother to come back home. Peter did not scare
anyone when he shouted "Here comes the Wolf!"... Because they all
knew that Mr. Wolf had gone forever.
But
the worse thing was that, without Mr. Wolf, the stories stopped being funny and
the children were getting so bored that they stopped reading.
At
the employment office of children's stories, all the characters were so worried
that they decided to have a meeting to try to find a solution.
- If children stop
reading, we will soon all disappear!
- We need to convince Mr.
Wolf to return to his job as the villain of the stories.
- We have to promise him
that we will not laugh at him again. We need him!
So
they all went together to visit him. When Mr. Wolf saw that all the characters
wanted him to return, he was very touched
- Ok -said Mr.
Wolf-, I see that I have no choice but to accept my role as the villain of the
stories. But to return to children's literature I need a favour from all of
you: I want all the children to know that in my free time I do not go around
eating grandmothers, or little goats, or piglets.
- But, how can we do
this? - they all asked at once.
- I know about a
blog on children’s literature that I'm sure they would be interested in
this story!- exclaimed the rabbit without ears enthusiastically.
And
this is how the story of why Mr. Wolf didn't want to be the villan of the story
came to us...
Traducción de Sandra Soler Peyton
Fuente: Cuento a la vista
Traducción de Sandra Soler Peyton
Fuente: Cuento a la vista
