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Azul loves to play the piano and he wants to become not just a good pianist but a great pianist. See how he learns the secret.
The Little Pianist
By Brij Kothari
There was once
a little boy named Azul.
He loved to play the piano
and dreamed
of becoming a pianist some day.
Every Sunday,
Azul went to his piano class,
and practiced every night at home,
just before going to bed.
Azul
became good at it
because he
was so sincere.
He would forget to brush his teeth
but would never forget
to practice playing the piano!
One day,
Vicki, his piano teacher
told him,
“Azul,
you will perform tomorrow
in front of a large audience.
You are getting to be
quite the pianist!
Your fingers move
like a squirrel
on the piano keys.
But there is something missing.”
“What is it?”
Azul just had to know.
He really… really wanted to be,
not just a good pianist,
but a great pianist.
Vicki smiled.
She whispered into Azul’s ear
a piano teacher’s secret.
“Play with your heart,
not with your fingers.”
As always,
Vicki pulled out her box of stickers.
Azul held out his hand
and Vicki stuck on it,
a gorgeous sticker
of a butterfly.
“There,
think of this butterfly
when you want to play with your heart,”
she said.
That day,
when all the children
played in the park,
Azul just stared at his butterfly.
He wondered,
“I can play with my fingers
because I can move them.
I can touch the piano keys.
How can I play with my heart?
I can’t even see my heart.”
For the first time,
in a long time,
Azul went
to bed without playing the piano.
The night before his performance,
he did not practice
because he did not know
how to play with his heart!
When Azul woke up,
he looked for the butterfly sticker.
Oh no!
The sticker was gone too!
Now
Azul was nervous.
Really nervous...
He tried playing the piano,
but his fingers would just not move!
However,
that did not stop the clock
from ticking.
Soon it was performance time.
The piano was in the middle
of a round stage,
surrounded by rows of people.
Azul walked onto the stage,
sat on the piano bench
and closed his eyes for a second.
Remembering Vicki’s words,
he thought of the butterfly.
In the quiet of the auditorium,
Azul heard the flutter of wings.
A butterfly sat on his shoulder
and started to hum a tune.
His fingers
began to move by themselves.
His heart began to play
the butterfly’s song.
Author: Brij Kothari
Illustrations: Emannuele Scanziani
Music: Holger Jetter
Translation(Spanish): Sharanam Aznar Narration: Ane Ugarte Jbarrolaburu
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