Two years ago, Luis Sepúlveda, who was battling COVID-19, passed away. We all remember him as a brilliant writer but in reality he was also a civil rights activist and a fervent environmentalist. In fact, his books do not lack references to nature and animals, which he loved so much.
Here is a selection that teaches us respect for the environment and for animals and for others, conveying at the same time values such as friendship, honesty, loyalty.
Index
Story of a seagull and the cat that taught her to fly
STORY OF A GULL AND THE CAT….
Speaking of “Story of a seagull and the cat that taught her to fly”, a true international success, the protagonists here are the Kengah seagull, the Zorba cat and a newborn seagull.
Kengah ends up in a slick of oil in the waters of the sea, the so-called "black plague", an accident that hinders her migration by forcing her to land dying on the balcony of the house of the cat Zorba, to whom she entrusts her egg. It will be him, after having made 3 solemn promises, to take care of her together with her cat friends and to teach the little Fortunata seagull, just born, to fly.
Love for the environment, fight against pollution, diversity, solidarity, courage are the masters in this delicate and eternal story.
Story of a white whale told by herself
Love for nature is equally evident in the "Story of a white whale told by herself", a fable suitable for all ages where a child finds a very special shell on a Chilean beach.
From it rises the voice of the white whale, a mythical animal that lived in the waters between the coast and the sacred island of the People of the Sea, to carry out a mysterious task that binds whales to this native people.
The white whale tells a different story than that of the unscrupulous whalers, who have long portrayed it as a menacing and cruel animal. She knows the truth and finally wants to reveal it.
Story of a snail who discovered the importance of slowness
Nature, with its slow rhythms, knows well the lost sense of time and it is around it that this fable revolves, where the protagonists are the snails. Get used to slowness, in their lawn they live in seclusion because they are aware of being too vulnerable for the world, without even a proper name.
For all of them it is normal that life works like this except for one that just doesn't go down! Why can't they have a name? And why are they so slow? These and other questions prompt her to go on a journey that will allow her to make unexpected acquaintances, to understand how important memory is and what true courage is.
Rebel, this is his name, will teach other snails the importance of dreaming, of cultivating curiosity and not being satisfied ... but not all will understand it.
Story of a cat and mouse who became his friend
Animals, together with a human being, are always the protagonists of Story of a cat and mouse who became his friend this fable by Sepúlveda that celebrates the values of friendship, solidarity, loyalty and opposition to any form of discrimination .
Mix is a kitten, Max is a baby, and they both love each other very much. Max grows up and has less and less time to devote to his old cat, who spends his days alone waiting for his owner, protecting the pantry from mice.
Until one day, a mouse doesn't really show up, but instead of killing him, Mix gives him a snack. A tender and unexpected friendship will be born between them.
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