The
Rainbow Planet
by
Anthonystjoseph
This
is a story about a boy, a message, and the rainbow.
~~~
Little Joseph lived with his mother and father who
loved him very much. He was a boy who
always questioned everything…
One of Little Joseph’s biggest questions was why his
father was black, his mother was white, and he was brown.
One day, Little Joseph decided to ask his father this
question.
He asked his father, “Dad, why are you, me and mommy
all different colors?” Little Joseph’s
father looked at Little Joseph directly and after a moment he said, “God makes
his children in all different colors son.”
Little Joseph thought for a minute and then said, “So
that’s why our neighbors, the Alvarado’s, are light brown?” Joseph’s father smiled and said, “Yes son,
that’s why.”
Little Joseph lay in his bed that night and spent a
lot of time thinking about what his father had told him.
Little Joseph finally went to sleep thinking God must
be like someone who likes flowers because flowers come in all different colors.
The next day little Joseph was playing with his friend
Paul and his dogs. Paul had three dogs,
Lucy the mama dog, Ricky the daddy dog, and their puppy Mia.
Little Joseph noticed that the dogs were all different
colors like his family. The daddy dog
was brown, the mama dog was black, and the puppy was a lighter brown than the
daddy.
Little Joseph asked his friend Paul, “Do you know why
the dogs are different colors?” Paul
said, “Because they are.” Little Joseph
said, “No, it’s because God likes all different colors.”
Paul looked at his friend Joseph and said, “I guess
you’re right because the world is filled with different colors.”
The next day was Little Joseph’s first day at
school. His dad was already at work, so
his mom took him to school.
When his mom dropped him off in class, everyone was
quietly staring at his mom.
The teacher told Little Joseph that she was glad to
meet him and showed him his chair.
The little boy sitting next to Little Joseph, who was
brown like him said, “Your mom’s white!”
Little Joseph said, “So.” The
teacher told them not to talk unless they raised their hand or were called
upon.
During lunch, the other brown kid in class, whose name
was Michael, told all the other kids he was with that Little Joseph’s mom was
white. All of them started to look at
Little Joseph differently and would not talk to him. Little Joseph went home and cried that night.
The next day at school, Little Joseph had decided what
he was going to do. When Michael and his
friends teased him at lunch, he told them that God likes all colors. They just stared at him with their mouths
open. He looked directly at Michael and
said, “No matter what color a person is, they are still a person.”
After lunch, Michael and his friends wouldn’t look at
Little Joseph. Finally, when the teacher
was writing something on the chalkboard, Michael looked at Little Joseph and
said, “My cousin is white, so I guess you’re right. I’m sorry.”
Little Joseph said, “That’s okay.
I questioned it too and my dad helped me understand.” They became friends after that.
That night, Little Joseph went to sleep thinking about
God and how he liked all colors.
He woke up remembering a beautiful dream about the
rainbow.
Little Joseph’s father had decided to take Little
Joseph and his friend Paul fishing that day.
It was raining in the morning but it was supposed to stop soon and the
sun was already starting to show.
When the rain stopped, they all saw a big beautiful
rainbow in the sky.
Little Joseph turned to his dad and said, “Dad, I
think we’re the Rainbow Planet! We’re
people of all colors just like the rainbow.
So instead of Earth, I’m going to call it The Rainbow Planet.”
After a moment, Little Joseph’s dad said, “You’re
right son, you’re absolutely right!”
THE
END
by
Anthonystjoseph
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