A world with no fear
Five stories to make this a better place
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4 Look in the mirror through
the eyes of an outsider:
The Forgotten Door, by Alexander Key
All he remembers is a fall. Falling through
something and hitting his head. But where is he? Who is he? And why are some
things so familiar and others so very very strange?
Little Jon starts to wander
around, looking for help. A friendly doe leads him down to the valley, where
the people are. But the doe is afraid. Afraid of the people. Why?
When they finally find a man,
the guy uses some sort of fire-spitting stick to hurt the doe. And he talks so
strange and harsh. Why doesn´t he understand? Why? Why!?
Little Jon realizes that this
place – wherever it is – is not as safe and as friendly as home. Carefully he
goes around, trying to find friendlier people; people who might be able to
help. People like him.
He settles for the Bean family
when he observes them driving by. The Beans are indeed good people: they take
care of him and try to help him the best they can. He is picking up their
language pretty fast, but explaining is difficult. Especially if you hardly
know who you are...
And where did he come from?
Based on the scraps of Jon´s memory, Thomas Bean has some interesting theories
about Jon´s home. But his wife comes to a totally different and rather
unbelievable conclusion: Jon must have come from another world!
In the meantime, a theft has
been discovered. And the ugly man who shot at the doe goes around telling his
story about the ´wild boy´ he nearly caught in the same neighbourhood last
Saturday. Suspicion is generally drawn to Jon, and the police comes to
investigate. No one but the Bean family believes in his innocence, for they are
yet acquainted with Jon´s total ignorance of money and his baffled reaction to
the possibility of telling a lie. Still, Jon knows how to lead the police to
the exact place where the stolen goods are hidden. All evidence seems to point
out Jon as the thief, and to acquit himself he has no other option but to make
his secret public. And the truth is scarier than most people thought possible.
The town is in uproar, but in
the middle of all this, a representative from the government shows up. They
read about him in the papers and the Intelligence department is willing to go
far, very far in order to get hold of him; they could use someone with Jon´s extraordinary abilities.
Will Jon be caught and forced to
work for the ruthless power-maniac Colonel Quinn? Or is there a way the Beans
can help him get back to his own peaceful world? But even if they can – will
their own lives ever be the same again?
Little Jon gives you a look in
the mirror through his eyes – and it´s not showing a very pretty picture. If
only...
Best quote: "Things must be very wrong if truth can cause trouble."
The Forgotten Door was
originally published in 1965.
It is still available, and I
know of at least a German translation of it.
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The
other four stories the whole world should read:
Love is strong; it only cares of joyful giving
Then why do we
keep strangling life?
In my heart, I feel you are all my brothers
We could really get there, if you cared enough for the
living
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