#philosophy
#literaure
A Girl in the Park.
Franz Kafka (1883-1924),
had never married and had no children.
Kafka was walking through the park in Berlin one day, when
he met a girl who was crying because
she had lost her favourite doll. She and Kafka searched
for the doll unsuccessfully.
Kafka told her to meet him again the next day and they would look for the doll.
The next day, they could not find the doll.
Kafka gave the girl a letter “written” by the doll:
“Please don’t cry.
I took a trip to see the world.
I will write to you about my adventures.”
Thus began a friendship which continued
until the end of Kafka’s life. During their meetings, Kafka would read the letters of the doll which described
adventures and conversations that the girl found adorable.
Finally, Kafka brought the doll (he bought one)
that had returned to Berlin.
“It doesn’t look like my doll at all,” said the girl.
Kafka handed her another letter in which the doll wrote:
“My travels have changed me.”
The little girl hugged the new doll and happily took it home.
A year later Kafka died.
Many years later, the now grown up girl found a letter inside the doll.
In the letter signed by Kafka it was written:
“Everything you love will probably be lost, but in the end, love will return in another way.”
