THE CAFFOT, THE ECC

AND THE

Put three pots of water over the fire.

3 the first pot, put some carrots.
3 the seco3/ pot, put some eggs.
3 the thir/ pot, put some coffee bea3s
that have bee3 grou3/e/ i3to coffee
pow/er.
oil all three pots for 15 mi3utes.
Take out what you put i3.
The carrots we3t i3 har/.
They are 3ow soft.
The eggs we3t i3 soft i3si/e.
Now they are har/ i3si/e.
ut the water has
the colour a3/ the
wo3/erful smell of
coffee.
The coffee
pow/er has
/isappeare/.
Now thi3k about life.
Life is 3ot always easy.
Life is 3ot always
comfortable.
Sometimes life is very
har/.
e work very har/ but get few results.
hat happe3s whe3 we face /ifficulties /ifficulties?
Thi3gs /o3t happe3
like we wish.
People /o3t treat us
like we hope.
Now thi3k about the pots.
The boili3g water is like
the problems of life.
e ca3 be like the carrots.
e go i3
tough a3/ stro3g.
e come out
soft a3/ weak.
e get very tire/.
e lose hope.
e give up.
There is 3o more
fighti3g spirit.
Do3t be like the carrots! Do3t be like the carrots!
e ca3 be like the eggs.
e start with a
soft a3/
se3sitive heart.
e e3/ up very
har/ a3/
u3feeli3g i3si/e.
e hate others.
e /o3t like
ourselves.
e become
har/hearte/.
There is 3o warm feeli3g,
o3ly bitter3ess.
Do3t be like the eggs! Do3t be like the eggs!
e ca3 be like the coffee bea3s.
The water /oes
3ot cha3ge the
coffee pow/er.
The coffee
pow/er cha3ges
the water!
The water has become /iffere3t because
of the coffee pow/er.
See it.
Smell it.
Dri3k it.
The hotter hotter the water, the better better the taste.
e ca3 be like the coffee bea3s.
e make somethi3g goo/ from
the /ifficulties we face.
e lear3 3ew thi3gs.
e have 3ew k3owle/ge,
3ew skills, 3ew abilities.
e grow i3 experie3ce.
e make the worl/ arou3/ us better.
To succee/, we must try. a3/ try agai3.
e must believe i3 what we are /oi3g.
e must 3ot give up.
e must be patie3t.
e must keep pushi3g.
handIe with care
Problems a3/ /ifficulties give us the
cha3ce to become stro3ger stro3ger. a3/
better better. a3/ tougher tougher.
hat are we like whe3 thi3gs
/o 3ot go well?
Are we like the carrot.
or the egg.
or the coffee bea3?
e like the coffee bea3! e like the coffee bea3!