Let's wake up the sun

Ziza, the six-year-old child afflicted with overflowing tenderness, flows from the simple things around him, overlooking the world of adults with his dreams that shine from a wonderful orange tree, confusing their rules, searching for a gentle hand even if it is an illusion trembling on the page of a lonely river. Here he is now away from his family, having turned eleven, solitary, afflicted with longing, well-dressed, clean, and cold from loneliness, stretched like a string between middle school and piano lessons. What weight can such a world bear on the shoulders of a child slipping into adolescence, burdened with memories of dusty streets, alleys, and the burning warmth that hovers where poverty resides? How does this boy feel now that he has become part of a new wealthy family house — transformed from a blue devil into a obedient angel? Does he remain like that, as his new heart speaks to him from within and lights up his isolation with the same flame of dreams, fighting his small battles, reaching the sting of first love? Author: José Maury Pages: 396 Dar Maskelyani