The yellow cricket sang and sang until no sound came. The yellow cricket tried to raise his voice, but the sea became louder and louder, even though it could plainly see that the yellow cricket was singing his heart out. The cricket then began to sing a song that was the finest any man, woman, animal, or insect has ever composed.īut the sea roared, drowning out the cricket’s song. He wanted to sing about how the women in the village dreamed of diving to the deepest part of the ocean floor, and how the farmers of the village dreamed of scaling the highest mountain peak. Just then, the cricket knew what he wanted to tell the sea. The sea rose before him like a mighty giant. Seating himself upon a large rock, the yellow cricket looked down at the crashing waves below. (He was, after all, a very small cricket.) But when a cool, salty breeze rushed forward to greet him, he knew he was drawing near. It took the yellow cricket many days to reach the sea. “But the sea needs to hear you,” the farmers told him, as he flew past. “Our lives won’t be the same without you, little cricket,” the women of the village cried. But before he began his journey to the sea, he passed through the village to say goodbye. If he were going to sing to the sea, he would need every ounce of his strength to do it.įinally, the day came when the cricket was ready. No longer would he waste time with his friends. No longer would he stay out in the cold at night, and From that moment, he decided to discipline himself. But the yellow cricket knew he must prepare. “I will know when I get there,” he answered out loud. And what would he sing about? he wondered. It would take courage, the yellow cricket knew, to sing to the sea. Why don’t you sing to the sea?”Īs the yellow cricket went home, he considered what the other crickets had told them. “Why don’t you go to a much larger place than this wheat field and show the world our greatness. “You are the best singer of all,” they said to him. He had sung exceptionally well that night. One day, as dawn was about to break and the crickets were about to head home, everyone gathered around the yellow cricket. The crickets sang to remind the wheat about the pureness of bread and the sweetness of cake, reminding the stalks about who they were and what they one day might be. The crickets sang songs about planting time and harvesting time, songs about the cool, sweet rain and the hot, grueling sun. All the other crickets from across the land joined in. When the yellow cricket finally reached the fields, he would perch himself on top of a long golden stalk and sing a song to the wheat. They all waved to the yellow cricket, knowing that, with their workday done, the work of the yellow cricket was just beginning. The yellow cricket flew past the farmers, too, as they headed home from the fields. No one in the village had a clock or wanted one: The cricket’s music guided them in a rhythm truer than time. As he passed through the village, he sang for the women, letting them know when a storm was coming, when romance was in the air, or when the roses needed tending. Every day, just before the sun began to set, the yellow cricket would leave his home and fly to the wheat fields. A yellow cricket once lived under the cool shade of a beautiful cieba tree.
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