A PIECE OF BREAD ON THE GROUND 20230106833RT1PUB

Jan was a seven-year-old boy with round cheeks and curious eyes. Every afternoon, when he came back from school, he would sit on the wooden bench in the garden and have his snack. That day, his grandmother had made him a chocolate sandwich, like the old ones, wrapped in kitchen paper and lots of love.

With his hands still a bit stained from school paint, Jan opened the package and took a delighted bite. The bread was soft, the chocolate slightly melted by the sun. But just as he was about to take the second bite, he felt an ant crawling up his wrist. He shook his arm with a shout and — plop! — a piece of the sandwich fell to the ground.

Silence lasted a second. Jan stared at the fallen bit as if it were a lost treasure. He hesitated. Should he pick it up? Eat it again? It had touched the ground…

Just then, a pigeon limped over, walking with purpose. Jan smiled. He crouched down, broke the piece in half, and offered part of it to the bird. The pigeon took it fearlessly and flew off with the prize in its beak.

Jan finished the rest of his sandwich, watching as the pigeon disappeared among the trees.

“Well,” he said, licking his fingers, “at least today I had a snack with company.”

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