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A Fantasy man
by Jack Kuperman
Friday, February 13, 2009

Rated "G" by the Author.

       
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     Is this life fair really?

 

Steve simply liked to make people's dream come true .

 

It began when he heard news about a girl who hadn't money for her 10th birthday because her both parents were "decreased" from their work a week before.

 

So he found her classmates, invited them to her house, bought some presents and candies and came himself dressed as the clown.

 

It was wonderful birthday party. The girl and the parents stopped to be gloomy for a while, smiled, and laughed.

 

Of course, Steve had to lie to girl's parents that there was an anonymous rich man that paid for the event.

 

 

Then was a man who couldn't return from the hospital because somebody have stolen his wheel chair.

 

Steve went for a week to night work in bakery, and this way had enough money for the new chair.

 

 

After this, he worked for a month on two jobs to make money for his paralyzed neighbor to go on cruise first time in his life.

 

Then there were sisters to whom he helped to find a new home in foster family.

 

And then there were tens of fantasies come true , that he prepared by working very hard.

 

 

In two years, he felt that his body gets older by at least 20 years. But he continued. He could do less and less, and money hardly was enough for him to eat, but that was always secondary. The first was bringing people's fantasies into the life.

 

One day he took five children on balloon. Children laughed with happiness. When they were in the sky, their father came to him.

 

-I want to meet that reach man who paid for this balloon. I want to speak with him because I want him to help me. It's too difficult to raise five children, especially as I don't work and they do too much noise. Give me his name!

 

But Steve couldn't do that. There was no reach man.

 

He just told that the man doesn't want to meet anybody, that he is too busy, but children's father didn't believe. He decided to take out the name by force. After three blows, they took Steve to the hospital.

 

A week later, near Steve's grave, his brother stood alone. There was nobody to come to say a good word for Steve. All last year he couldn't keep friends. He just hadn't time. For anybody. Just for those who needed him.

 

It started raining, but after two minutes stopped.

 

The world, blinked for a moment, and continued its savage run.

 

 

 

 

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Reviewed by Sandie May Joyce 2/14/2009
You written a good story of a fantasy man, and that's just what he is - a fantasy man. I don't think there's anyone like him in this world.

He's in my fantasy too!

However, in my opinion, good people do not have to die that way. If you want to put a moral to this story to encourage people to do good for others, this story has failed its purpose.

Also, the other man would not have beat the fantasy man to death in front of his own children. Something in this story doesn't make sense.

I like the first part of the story when the fantasy man did good for many people; but how he ended his life was a disappointment. Perhaps changing that last part to a more pleasant ending would do justice to this story.

Sorry, I always speak what my mind tells me to say. You can count on my review to be honest.

Sandie Angel :o)

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