ANGELA’S STORY – PART 2 (Skiathos, Greece)

Angela’s story PART 2

A flashback to young age

Angela was born in a small, poor house and her parents died when she was still very young. So, she was taken to an orphanage.

Unfortunately, she could not make any friends there, because the other children called her “strange” and that was for the reason that she kept company to all animals that were coming to the orphanage yard:

cats of all kinds, little birds and squirrels that lived on the trees, old turtles that lived in the yard, even small rabbits that hopped in to look at those lonely children.

One animal was really special to her: a little red fox which she called Ariadne. The fox used to come near the fence of the yard and Angela was coming closer and closer to it every day.

One day the fox looked steadily into her eyes and Angela heard her say:

“Would you like to be friends?”

The little girl could not believe it! The fox could speak like human. Immediately, she touched it and they stayed together.

After many years, Angela and the fox left the orphanage and took a house in the forest, near a river. They were both very happy with their new life in nature.

One day, Angela decided to swim across the river to the other side, but the current was strong and very soon the water covered her. She had almost drowned when…

she felt someone pulling her up again.

It was her fox, Ariadne, which had dived into the river to rescue her…

Angela knew that she would never be alone again.

Both girl and fox lived in that house for a long time, in the company of all the forest animals, which came to visit them and … “talk” to that strange human.

Angela knew now that she had a precious gift and found in the animals all the love and care of the animals.