a little story to share…

i have a little cousin whom i met for the first time 5years after he was bornt….he currently stays in uk….and his name is daryl….

so yea…the parent brought him back this time for holiday….and he stayed in my aunt’s house….

he was starting to learn piano. one day, his piaono teacher, who just came back from vacation in russia, gave all his students one russian doll each as souvenirs…..he was late that day, do he did not get his share….

so little daryl was quite upset about it…..

but the teacher promised daryl if he was to practice very very hard, the teacher would eventually give him a russian doll as a reward….

so he practised, and practised and practised…..

months have passed….and he still did not get the russian doll he longed for…..

he started to give up on piano edi….he did not wanna continue playing….maybe coz he feels that no matter how hard he try, he would never meet the expectation of his teacher to get his russian doll….

when my aunt heard of the story of little daryl, she took the only russian doll in her house and package it nicely to give it to daryl…..and told him:

“your piano teacher knew that you’ve been practising very hard lately, so he wanted to reward you with this doll….see, he even posted the doll all the way from uk to malaysia to your aunt’s house…”

daryl was so happy with that gift, and agreed to his mom to play piano again…

story ends.

i knew the story only  becoz the russian doll was my gift to the aunt. she called me coz she is scared that i would be unhappy…

it was an obvious lie to anyone who listens to this. but to little daryl, it gave him the encouragement he needed to continue on this path….

someday if he sees this post, this incident might not be as significant to him then than it is to him now. but i am sure he will still be glad that he is lied to…

if he becomes a famous pianist, he has my aunt and my russian doll to thank for…