* One beautiful morning, Alex woke up and went to the bathroom to wash his face. He suddenly realized there was no water available. He then decided to go out and buy fresh bread for his morning breakfast. He went down to his building reception area and realized the doorman wasn’t there. He then left the building and walked to the streets. He now realized the rubbish was not collected by the town hall.
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* He then was standing in front of the bakery when he realized it was closed. The local street shop was also closed….
* Alex decided to go back home as he needed to go back to work. He walked it and realized his house was quite messy. He called his secretary Diva, but suddenly realized she didn’t come to work on this day.
* He decided to go to work. He worked quite far away. He walked to the bus stop which was two blocks from his building. He then noticed all the shops were closed. When he arrived at the bus stop, someone told him there were no buses. The entire city was on strike. It was general strike.
* He tried to get a taxi and buy a medication for his headache at the drug store. Therefore, there were no taxis around or drug stores open. He had to walk to work on this day.
* Alex worked in a factory that produced and packed milk. When he finally arrived at work, he found out none of his colleagues came to work. Everything was closed. On this day, no bottles of milked were packed.
* He managed to go back home by foot. On his way home, he saw a hospital which was closed. There was a queue of ill people waiting for the hospital to open.
* He walked for a little bit longer and noticed there were too many leaf from the trees on the floor. It seemed as if they were forming a carpet of leafs in the streets, which could be quite slippery and dangerous. The streets we full of leafs and garbage.
* He now remembered he was almost out of cash. Alex then decided to walk to his bank, but he wasn’t able to get in as the bank was also closed.
* He went back home, tried to watch TV but there was no light.
What do you think he could do? (Please let the children answer).
But this was not what happened….
He suddenly heard the following noise: TRRRRRIIIIMMMM!!
He was actually dreaming. He woke up from his dream, but he learned a very important lesson. What is it? (Please let the children answer).
Translation: Carolina von Scharten, London, Sir William Crookes Spiritist Society linked to BUSS - The British Union of Spiritist Societies.