PALETA II
34 “...ibalik mo na lang ‘yong panahong mura pa ang gas at kailanman sana’y ‘di na magtaas. Na ang sitentang hawak ko ay sapat na para sa isang maghapong badyet ng pamilya...”
Sa dyip, byaheng Luisiana-Lucena, nagbayad ako ng isandaang piso when I heard a little girl asked her mother: “Mama, anong wish mo kay Wako-wako?” (Perhaps everyone knows who Wako-wako is. If not, I know a little bit of him/her. Siya ‘yong newest fictional character sa t.v. who grants wishes. I don’t really know anything much about him/her even his/her gender.) Well anyway, I saw how the child asked her mother with a very curious tone and animated face. She looked very cute and amazing. I barely heard her mother’s answer kasi maingay ‘yong dyip. Tapos na-realize ko: Pa’no kung ako ang tinanong no’ng bata? Napaisip ako bigla. Sa isip ko… I’ll wish I am a child, again.
ni DANAEL Z. SABEROLA
Sa kuwagong Walang Pakpak
