mmaria
10-25-2008, 04:08 AM
"Where have you been, my good, old friend?" two men excalaimed at the same time when they met after a long separation period, in a restaurant. One of them has just come back from abroad, so their childhood friendship, once interrupted, could be continued after this encounter. They told each other all the news from their lives and promissed to meet again very soon and to get to know each others' wives and children.
After a couple of days, one of them phoned to the other. "Johnny, let's meet in the evening. Come to my home, my wife can hardly wait to meet you, I spoke a lot about you, even while we were abroad, bring your wife with you, too..."
Johnny apologized politely and said that only that evening he was occupied, because he had to go to the theatre.
"The theatre!" yelled Johnny's friend with an unhidden surprise in his voice, "what theatre, you idiot! Since when are you going to the theatre! Have you gonne crazy, or something?"
"I don't go often to the theatre, but this show I never miss." said Johnny and added, "If you like, come with me."
"Me? To the theatre? What the hell are you talking about!" But, then, he thought for awhile, and said: "OK, let me see what is there in that theatre that my friend likes more than a good booze." And they fixed where and when to meet in the evening.
The two men were simple people, not much educated. All their entertainment was to go to some restaurant and get well drunk until the early morning hours, that was why the news he heard was so strange for Johnny's friend. But, since he had nothing better to do that evening, he accepted the invitation, curious to discover the new side of his friend's personality.
They met and went to the theatre, and when the performace started, Johnny was more than shocked. He could not understand a word the actors were saying. He leaned towards Johnny and whispered:
"Which language are they talkin', for heaven's sake? Where have you brought me, you son of a *****?"
Johnny gently pushed his friend's shoulder with his elbow and put his forefinger on his lips showing him to be quiet and patient until the show ended, he would explain everything. The man fell back into his seat, kept his mouth shut until the end of the performance, bored and nervous. He was lucky because the show did not last more than one hour, so he stood the torment somehow until its end.
When they were out in the street, Johnny's friend sighed with relief and started staring at Johnny, expecting his explanation. His friend kept silent for a while as if thinking something deeply, and then said.
"This show was written by a writer in a kind of trance. The text was dictated to him by a certain higher power and he was told how to adapt and put it into the theatre. Nobody understands the text, the words do not belong to any known language on the Earth. But the show goes on for one month every year. The performace is visited, mostly, by the same people, with one or two new ones each year. The point is that public learns the text during the show together with actors. It has a very pleasurable infuence upon people, and there is one word which is a golden key for only one person, be it somebody from the audience or the staff of the theatre. This word, if received, makes his or her wish come true. This is not something that must happen, but there is a possibility. I've heard that some people got it, used it and their wildest dreams came true. And it has been happening ever since the show was on."
The friend looked at Johnny to see if he was sane, and when he did not see anything unusual on his face, he burst into laughter.
"You've got completely crazy, my friend! And you believe in that nonsense?!"
"I do", said Johnny frankly, "I personally don't know anybody whose wish came true, but I've heard that there are such cases."
After this meeting the friends never met again. Their friendship was broken because Johnny's friend avoided Johnny, as would every normal man avoid somebody who was dangerously insane. After one year from the two friends' visit to the theatre, Johnny's friend heard the news that Johnny won an enormously big sum of money in a gamble game. And... you already guess! Johnny's friend could hardly wait until the next year's month in which the mentioned theatre show was to start going on.
After a couple of days, one of them phoned to the other. "Johnny, let's meet in the evening. Come to my home, my wife can hardly wait to meet you, I spoke a lot about you, even while we were abroad, bring your wife with you, too..."
Johnny apologized politely and said that only that evening he was occupied, because he had to go to the theatre.
"The theatre!" yelled Johnny's friend with an unhidden surprise in his voice, "what theatre, you idiot! Since when are you going to the theatre! Have you gonne crazy, or something?"
"I don't go often to the theatre, but this show I never miss." said Johnny and added, "If you like, come with me."
"Me? To the theatre? What the hell are you talking about!" But, then, he thought for awhile, and said: "OK, let me see what is there in that theatre that my friend likes more than a good booze." And they fixed where and when to meet in the evening.
The two men were simple people, not much educated. All their entertainment was to go to some restaurant and get well drunk until the early morning hours, that was why the news he heard was so strange for Johnny's friend. But, since he had nothing better to do that evening, he accepted the invitation, curious to discover the new side of his friend's personality.
They met and went to the theatre, and when the performace started, Johnny was more than shocked. He could not understand a word the actors were saying. He leaned towards Johnny and whispered:
"Which language are they talkin', for heaven's sake? Where have you brought me, you son of a *****?"
Johnny gently pushed his friend's shoulder with his elbow and put his forefinger on his lips showing him to be quiet and patient until the show ended, he would explain everything. The man fell back into his seat, kept his mouth shut until the end of the performance, bored and nervous. He was lucky because the show did not last more than one hour, so he stood the torment somehow until its end.
When they were out in the street, Johnny's friend sighed with relief and started staring at Johnny, expecting his explanation. His friend kept silent for a while as if thinking something deeply, and then said.
"This show was written by a writer in a kind of trance. The text was dictated to him by a certain higher power and he was told how to adapt and put it into the theatre. Nobody understands the text, the words do not belong to any known language on the Earth. But the show goes on for one month every year. The performace is visited, mostly, by the same people, with one or two new ones each year. The point is that public learns the text during the show together with actors. It has a very pleasurable infuence upon people, and there is one word which is a golden key for only one person, be it somebody from the audience or the staff of the theatre. This word, if received, makes his or her wish come true. This is not something that must happen, but there is a possibility. I've heard that some people got it, used it and their wildest dreams came true. And it has been happening ever since the show was on."
The friend looked at Johnny to see if he was sane, and when he did not see anything unusual on his face, he burst into laughter.
"You've got completely crazy, my friend! And you believe in that nonsense?!"
"I do", said Johnny frankly, "I personally don't know anybody whose wish came true, but I've heard that there are such cases."
After this meeting the friends never met again. Their friendship was broken because Johnny's friend avoided Johnny, as would every normal man avoid somebody who was dangerously insane. After one year from the two friends' visit to the theatre, Johnny's friend heard the news that Johnny won an enormously big sum of money in a gamble game. And... you already guess! Johnny's friend could hardly wait until the next year's month in which the mentioned theatre show was to start going on.