Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group Newsletter no. 5 - July 2015 | Page 60
Visibility of eTwinning Projects Group July 2015 Newsletter
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------incarnation of evil. Every day he was maltreating
John and his mother. But, in fact, John was more
worried about his mother than himself. He loved
her very, very much, he handled her like an angel,
her smile was for him the most precious thing in
the world. And one day, he was woken up by
screams which got on from the kitchen. He peeped
there through the crevice and saw the father
bending over his mother with a big kitchen knife in
his hand. John held his breath - his mom fell down
on the floor. She was terribly bleeding. John
immediately stepped into the kitchen and fell down
on his knees next to the mother. At that time he
saw his father escaping through the window but
then not that man was the most important. The
only person he was thinking about was his beloved
mother who didn't move. He put his ear to her
heart and realized that it was already too late. In
an instant the whole world completely collapsed. He
couldn't believe what he had just experienced. It
was the worst time in his life. Despite the immense
loneliness, pain, and a number of suicide attempts
he walked away from it. It happened due to the fact
that he found the passion...Football became his
whole life. He couldn't give heart to people who so
many times hurt him, so he dedicated himself solely
to the only thing that made him happy.
Nonetheless, demons of the past were still coming
back to him. His secrecy, solitude and pain hidden
in the heart discouraged the others from making
friends with him. Teammates didn't like or
appreciate him. Then, ultimately, he could prove his
worth for so many years having been crushed by
his father and buddies. He was playing as best as
he could and it was a beautiful game. He was
gliding like a bird over the grass and was gaining
consecutive goals. Final seconds. Little lacking to
win. Only one action! He was maneuvering among
opponents and the noise of the crowd. One second.
One look towards the man who overturned a trolley
filled with hot-dogs. His penetrating eyes fixed upon
him. His face..... Face of the man who took him
away everything! The face of the murderer. The
face of his father...Time stopped. ...
FRANCE: John was petrified. His father’s face had
haunted him for so long. He saw people screaming
around him but could not hear them. His mother’s
beautiful face reappeared. Scream, blood, his mum
on the ground, everything suddenly seemed so real.
He was paralyzed. That’s when he saw his father’s
smirk. The hate instantly resurfaced but he got
back to his wits and saw an opponent running
towards him. Then the only thing that mattered to
him was to score a goal. He thought the whole
world was watching him, and also the hotdog man.
Commentators went crazy: “there is John, going
through the defense, oh my God, he’s just passed
Milik, dribbled Pesyko, the moment of truth, he gets
a clear shot and ooohhh YYEESSS!!! Fabianski
cannot stop this amazing shot!!!” He knew he was
becoming a hero by scoring this goal and bringing
his national team versus France in the final but he
did not celebrate while all his teammates were
running to him and jumped over him. He just stood
in the middle of the pitch, looking fixedly at his
genitor. As they got back to the changing rooms,
his partners asked what was wrong, wondering why
he had been standing there for two minutes staring
at the hotdog man. Then John made up his mind to
tell them about his story as he thought that would
be relieving and somehow felt he had to finally
share something with these guys who had always
been prejudiced against him. His partners were
indeed astonished as he told them the whole story.
As John left the stadium, he saw a man cleaning a
hotdog cart. He got closer to him, strangely willing
to talk with this person he had hated for so many
years, but finally stepped back, unable to move any
further. At the same moment, John’s father, who
was actually behind him, put his hand on his
shoulder.
TURKEY: John couldn’t move for a second. He felt
as if his heart would stop but at the same time he
knew that he had to confront with his past, with the
man that had turned his life into a hell. He finally
was ready to look at his father in the eyes and he
turned around. ‘You’ve done a great job, boy! You
made all of us proud,’ said the man. John remained
motionless and couldn’t say a word so he just
nodded his head and smiled back to the man. As
the man was walking away, John wondered how he
could have mistaken the man for his father. Has his
past taken over his life this much? While these
questions were lingering on his mind, he felt a
sudden relief, a relief he had never felt before. The
man was right. He made everybody proud of him.
Finally, he realized that despite all the solitude, pain
and secrecy he suffered all his life, he actually
achieved his main goal in life. He proved everyone
and most importantly himself that he was worthy. A
bright future was waiting for him and he would
never ever let the past haunt him again.
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