Basila Jennilyn

Little Talents
By: Basila, Jennilyn C.

Louie is very rich man.

He is the president of a large company. He loves to travel to different islands in Palawan. He loves rowing. He travels from island to island.

One day, as Louie went island hopping, he met Jefferson. Jefferson had come to ask Louie about a job. Louie asked him, what talent he had to offer. What could he do to be of some use to the company? Jefferson said, “I was not able to develop some real talents to speak of since I did not study well when I was still young. What I could do is to shout very loud. I can shout much louder than others.”

Louie hired Jefferson, to the dismay and resentment of his other employees. One employee said, “That man will be of no use to our company. He will just be a burden. He won’t be able to help any of us. He’d be useless,” Louie asked them, “Can anyone of you shout very loud?” lack of knowledge to operate the office machine. Jefferson was given the tasks of cleaning printing component in their establishment.

Not long after, the building where they were working in caught fire. They were trapped on the fourth floor of the building. Their place was all enclosed in glass. It was already late and they were still working on accounting for their current project. Nobody knew they were still in the building. Everybody assumed that since it was night time, nobody would be in the office building. The firemen were hosing down the fire which started on the first floor of the building, but the fire was quickly spreading so Louie asked Jefferson to yell with all his might.

Jefferson’s voice was booming thunder, cutting through all the noise made by the onlookers. His voice was so loud that the entire fireman looked to see where it was coming from. They could not see that there will still some people in the building but upon hearing Jefferson’s voice, the fireman hurriedly go their truck with the long ladder up where the loud voice was thundering from the men broke the glass window on the fourth floor and helped them out.

It was only then that Jefferson’s co-employees appreciated him. He became their hero. They show him with lots of compliments and realized that even very little talent counts.




I WISH
By: Basila, Jennilyn C.


I wish I were a butterfly
I’d spread my wings and fly
To the clouds up high
I’d flitter and flutter
On each and every flower
Here or ever wonder

I wish I were a ball
I’d just bounce when I fall
Go up and down the wall
Or roll and roll to the mall


I wish I were a Doberman,
I’d be your true friend
I’d be your bodyguard
And always stay by your side