買笑容的火柴 The smiley little match [Oliver Kan Fairy Tales series]
買笑容的火柴
好耐好耐以前,在一個人湮稀少的村落,有一支很有理想的火柴團隊。
這是其中一支火柴的故事。
「先生,可唔可以賣個笑容俾我,我用一個笑容黎同你買丫!」火柴帶著微笑說。
「唔賣,我個笑有寶嫁!」中年男士板著臉回應。
「先生,我擺左檔好耐,一個笑容都買唔倒好慘嫁,你賣個笑容俾我啦。」火柴以水汪汪的眼睛央求著。
「一個笑容買一個笑容,我冇得賺,唔制。」中年男士不為所動。
「咁我係得一條柴,俾唔倒兩個笑容你嫁播。」火柴有點怨屈。
「唔賣,打死都唔賣。」中年男士斬釘截鐵拒絕。
「先生,求下你啦。」火柴再哀求。
「我老虎蟹都唔會笑嫁喇,你唔好對住我笑,你笑得好醜樣,我唔要你個笑容。」中年男士不耐煩了。
「先生,為左世界帶黎笑容,我用一個笑容黎令世界多一個笑容,好有意義嫁。」火柴說。
「咁又點,你咁醜,我對住你笑唔出。」中年男士冷冷地道出。
「先生,你可以貶低我既容貌,但係你唔可以話對住我笑唔出嫁播,引人發笑係我既專長同埋使命黎。」火柴說出自己的原則與理想。
「拿,咁我真係笑唔出丫嘛,你引到我笑得出既我咪豪俾你啦。」中年男士有意勺難。
「既然係咁,為左世界多一個笑容……」說著,火柴把頭轟向那位先生的腋窩,頭在腋窩之中竄動。
那位先生笑了…
然而…
火柴被腋窩之間的磨擦點燃了,我要燃亮自己,照耀著你的笑容。
看著先生笑,火柴笑著說,這個笑容是給你的,謝謝你。
先生看見火柴捨身為自己引發笑容,於心可忍呢,他急忙用腋窩夾著火柴,把火撲滅。
只剩半支的火柴說沒救了,我已經是一條廢柴,不可以再逗人笑了。
不久,焦黑的火柴那柔弱的氣息也消失了。
用這種捨身買笑的經營模式,火柴團隊的隊員買少見少。
真正讓火柴團隊絕跡的是時光的推進。
火柴團隊為人帶來那突如奇來激情的笑而犧牲, 科技發明卻釀成不少悲劇。
曾發生過點燃剛噴了很多止汗劑的腋窩時發生了爆炸意外,脫毛膏的發明造成不少火柴刺傷陌生人腋窩而被控為暗殺或恐怖襲擊。
以為火柴兵團從此放棄了嗎?沒有,永不。
火柴兵團從此轉型,有的把自己刨尖,變成牙籤;有的帶上頭巾,成為棉花棒。
他們從此為人類的生活帶來另一種快慰的笑容。
The smiley little match
Once upon a time, in a little village far far away, there was a team of matches with a dream. And here is story of one of the matches…
“Sir, can you sell me a smile? I can buy it with my smile.” The little match asked.
“No, my smile is expensive.” The middle aged man replied.
“Sir, please. I’ve been staying here for all day long, no one ever sell one to me.” The little match begged.
“One smile for one smile, I could gain nothing from it. It doesn’t worth.” The man said.
“But a people could only make a smile, I couldn’t made two at the same time.” The little match felt wronged.
“So, I will never smile to you. Ha Ha!” The man kept a cold face when he said “Ha Ha”
“Please…”
“No! Never! I don’t need your ugly smile!”
“My dream is to bring the world with more smiles. Using my smile to make some more, doesn’t it sounds great?”The match explained its dream enthusiastically.
“Ah huh…But I really couldn’t smile in front of an ugly face like you.”The man left a harsh one.
“Sir! You could belittle my face but you shouldn’t belittle my ability to make people smile. Because it’s the thing I’m living for.” The little match showed a serious face.
“OK! If you can make me smile, go for it.” The man softened.
“For one more smile to the world…” The little match rushed to the armpit of the man using its head. And it kept moving around in the armpit.
The man smiled.
The little match was lit during the friction with the armpit.
“I’ve to light myself to shine upon your smile. And here you go my smile!” The little match smiled.
Tears in his eye, the man tried to put out the fire by his armpit.
“No…it’s too late…”
The breathing of the little one disappeared.
Because of scarifying practice, the team kept losing its members.
While the real challenge is the progress of times.
The matches team brings the exciting smile for people. And it created some tragedies in the modern time.
Sometimes the little match lightened armpit with deodorant spray and explosive accident happened.
Sometimes the little match rushed into a shaved one and hurt the strangers. They were accused for assassination or terrorist attack.
Did the matches ranger give up since then? Never!
Some of them shaved themselves to be sharper, they became toothpick.
Some of them wore a scarf, they became cotton tip.
They transform themselves and bring smiles to people with comfort.
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