Daily Archives: April 21, 2012

“Thank you for being my mystery guest. Tell me, all these years of work and you’ve never made a profit? Is your life a comfortable one?”

“Not for profit. For comfort, maybe, but I do get a reward.”

“People pay you?”

“Only in smiles and laughter.”

“You can’t spend happiness.”

“Yet happiness makes life worth living.”

“But you don’t pay your workers anything.”

“They’re all volunteers. We have warm beds to sleep in and our basic needs are met. We don’t need much.”

“Thank you for coming.”

With a smile, the small, rotund man in a red suit and long white beard left the studio.

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“Mummy, why are cherries red?”

“It’s in their nature.”

“Why are oranges orange?”

“If they weren’t they wouldn’t be oranges.”

“Why are ducklings yellow?”

“It’s their colour.”

“Why is grass green?”

“Many plants are green.”

“Why is the sky blue?”

“I don’t know.”

“Mummy, what colour is India?”

“India has colours on its flag.”

“Are violets named after their colour?”

“Probably.”

“Mummy…”

“Why oh why oh why are you asking so many questions, sweetheart?”

“You looked sad. I wanted to give you rainbow colours to make you happy.”

“Oh. Why did you ask about India?”

“Isn’t that a rainbow colour?”

Mummy smiled, “It’s indigo sweetheart.”