The House With The Golden Windows How do you see the world? A little girl lived in a small, very simple, poor house on a hill, and as she grew, she would play in the small garden. As she grew, she was able to see over the garden fence and across the valley to a wonderful house high on the hill. This house had golden windows, so golden and shining that the little girl often dreamed of how magic it would be to grow up and live in a house with golden windows instead of an ordinary house like hers.
Although she loved her parents and her family, she yearned to live in such a golden house and dreamed all day about how wonderful and exciting it must feel to live there. When she got to an age where she gained enough skill and sensibility to go outside her garden fence, she pleaded with her mother if she could go for a bike ride outside the gate and down the lane. Her mother finally allowed her to go, insisting that she keep close to the house and not wander too far. The day was beautiful, and the little girl knew exactly where she was heading! Down the lane and across the valley, she rode her bike until she got to the gate of the golden house on the other hill. As she dismounted her bike and leaned it against the gate post, she focused on the path that lead to the house, then on the house itself... She was so disappointed to realize that all the windows were plain and rather dirty, reflecting nothing other than the sad neglect of the house that stood derelict. The little girl was so sad that she didn't go any further. She turned around, heartbroken, and remounted her bike. As she glanced up, she saw a sight that amazed her... There across the way, on her side of the valley, was a little house, and its windows glistened golden, as the sun shone on her little home. She realized that she had been living in her golden house all along! And all the love and care she found there was what made her home the 'golden house'. Everything she dreamed about was right there in front of her nose! -- Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore
