Mum silently entered the room with a huge package in her
hands. Her son still was sleeping, having curled up on the
bed.
"I shall leave all his gifts on the table," thought Mum,
anxiously looking at the pale face of her son. "When he
wakes up, and sees them then his face will at once cheer up
again. Today he is going to be 10 years old, but he looks
as if he is only seven..." she sighed sadly at her son who
suffered from anaemia.
Then she took from the box a big оrange-brownish
scaly fruit with a bunch of green narrow leaves on top.
Soon the boy appeared at the doorway of the kitchen.
"Mum, from where does such a huge, sweet-smelling fruit
come from?" he asked, hardly able to hold the heavy fruit.
"It is a pineapple, dear," answered Mum smiling. "Your
uncle has sent it to you as a gift together with a note.
Here listen: 'In this pineapple is hidden a power
(strength) of the hot tropical sun. It will tell you about
the wonderful southern countries'." "Can pineapples speak?"
the boy was surprised. "I suppose they speak with their
appearance and aroma," Mum answered. "Your uncle too has
written the letter to me, and I wish to read it to you:
'Dear sister, you wrote, that my nephew is getting weak due
to his illness, therefore I'm sending this pineapple.
Pineapples contain a wonderful substance - bromelin. This
bromelin is like a chimney sweep, it cleans each cell of
our body. Pineapples helped me greatly - when I developed
inflammation of my veins. It was at such a bad stage that
even ulcers started to appear. At that time I worked on a
ship and due to my illness they asked me to resign and
leave the ship. And just then our doctor advised me to eat
pineapples, and now I can run again like a young boy. Do
not be surprised, sister, really you will see for yourself
- one who has tried the curative nature of this amazing
fruit on himself, never will forget it. Your loving
brother'."
"Oh, this is really a very, very special fruit - this
pineapple," exclaimed the boy with excitement after
listening to his uncle's letter. "Perhaps pineapples are
the fruits of tropical pine-trees that grow right up to the
sky, and they have golden flowers?"
"My dear, what an imagination! Ok, I'll bring you a special
book about pineapples so that you can read all about them.
And for now - let's try your gifts," said Mum, tenderly
petting her son on his head.
When mum cut out a couple of golden-yellow circles, the
aroma coming from the pineapple filled up their room. The
boy happily applauded. And for lunch his mother allowed him
to eat a few pieces of pineapple instead of rice porridge.
And, what a miracle! That day the boy surprisingly looked
very cheerful and unusually full of energy.
"Interesting, maybe this is the result of the pineapple?"
thought the mother. "Well, I suppose from now on I'll give
him more fruit and fruit juices." In two days his mother
brought him the promised book about tropical fruits. And
that evening nothing could distract him from reading the
book. "Mama, you know, pineapples do not grow on
pine-trees. On the contrary, they are very small plants. On
the short stem grow many hard greenish leaves which have
sharp spines along the edges and pointed tips. Inside
those leaves sits a pineapple!" the boy related with
surprise. "Also the flowers of pineapples are not golden
but bright red with a blue-violet raceme," continued the
boy. Later on he sighed. "It is such a pity that we have
already eaten up all the pineapple. We should have taken it
by each spikey scales or its prongs. If one can take them
out easily then the pineapple is ripe." "Go to sleep
rather," laughed mother. "The ripeness of our pineapple is
without any doubt - see for yourself how much energy it has
given you!" "Oh Mama, why did you throw away the
pineapple's top with leaves? We could have grown from it a
new pineapple. It says in the book what kind of soil and
what size of pot we need for that. And also it requires
warm weather. Pineapples won't grow if the temperature is
below 20 degrees."
"Verily, a very unusual pineapple my brother sent me,"
thought mother happily while looking at the pleasant
blushing face of her son. One won't believe that just a few
days ago this same boy was so pale and weak."
From that time the boy's health started to improve
tremendously. His mother remembered everyday to give him
fruits and juices. He grew up and became a student of
agricultural academy.
Within 10 years in that small Siberian town, where the boy
lived, a harvest of exotic fruits, from pineapples to
pomegranates started to appear in the shops. People were
very surprised to see these tropical wonders and asked the
sales assistants how these fruits came to their shops. The
shop keepers cheerfully replied that "A scientist grows all
these in local hothouses. Moreover, this scientist gives
lectures about the benefits of all these fruits. And
whoever listens to his lectures will run straight to the
shop to buy these tropical wonders".
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