Balzo goes with his mother to a store where children can’t touch anything. So, to stop himself from getting bored, he pretends to be a silkworm. But while he’s playing, he
accidentally knocks some figurines off a shelf, and worst of all, he bumps his head. Neither his mother nor the storekeeper seem to notice the lump; instead, they tell off Balzo as if he’d smashed the figurines (and caused the lump)
on purpose…
A beautiful children’s story that’s also for adults, as it tells how sometimes, when an accident happens in the home, we tell off our children without thinking, and if we cause the
same situation, we immediately turn to the timeless phrase: “It could happen to anyone”.
