Once
upon a time there was a little girl, Matilda. She lived on the
street in a box, because she was a streetchild. Matilda hadn’t
got any family, so she wanted to find her real family and live
with them. This story took place when Matilda was 7 years old.
It was
a completely normal day. Matilda woke up and began to find some
food in a dumpster. Then she went for a walk on the street and
searched for her family. Everyday she tried to find her family,
but without success. Matilda asked people on the street, if they
were her family, but nobody was. Sometimes Matilda got some
money from people, who walked on the street, but Matilda wanted
a family – Not money. She had lived her whole life on the
street, or at least as long as she could remember. The search
for the family took place until it got dark and cold in the
evening. Then Matilda walked back to her box for sleeping. The
next morning a new day began as the other days.
Matilda knew other children on the street, but they had all
brothers or sisters, so Matilda felt alone, very alone. She
cried every night, before she fell asleep.
A day, when the sun rose, Matilda decided, that she would go
out in the world to find her family. She walked and walked for
many weeks. Matilda only stopped to rest, when she slept. All
days she asked people, if they were her family, but nobody was.
Matilda saw families everywhere. Schoolchildren on their way to
school, friends talking on the street, small children and big
children with parents. Everyone was happy, just Matilda was
alone. One day Matilda realised, that the search wasn’t worth
it, so she began to go back to the street, where she found all
the street children, she knew. They decided to make one big
family, where they helped each other with everything. They built
a house, where they lived together. Their motto was “one for
all, all for one”.
Matilda was very happy, because she had got a family – not
her real family, but it doesn’t matter. Maybe some of the street
children were Matilda’s real sisters or brothers.
