THE CHURCH`S BELL

Hello, hello  Supers!
Sorry about, I have been dissapeared these days..but now  everything over control again!


This text below I used in my last class evaluation and the students liked a lot, so, here it´s to share with everyone!


                                       THE  CHURCH`S  BELL

Everyday when I am sleeping, I awake (despertar, acordar)  with somebody ringing the church’s bell, I really like that song it is a very good way for me to get up (levantar), when it’s time for lunch, I’ve already made the food and then I am sweeping the house  (fazer arrumação, limpar a casa)and exactly at noon I hear this song again, and spends all the afternoon, at exactly six o’clock, the bell rings again.

   I was thinking who is that person that everyday, even on Sunday, rings the church’s bell always in the same time, he is never late in his work, is that person the priest?  (padre; paroco)Or just someone who work for the church? I thought that this person really loves his job.

   One day in the afternoon I was going to the market, and I passed in front of the church, then I decided to meet the (fui conhecer a pessoa) person that everyday rings the church’s bell.
I entered and there were some people praying on the chairs, (rezando nos bancos da igreja) I decided to climb up to the place  (subir; escalar a torre  da igreja) of the bell, it was almost six o’clock, and there was an old man there.  
I said “hi” and started a conversation with him, I asked him how he could never be late in his work, and he told me “That’s not my work, I do this because I want to,    I did some things wrong in my life and now I asked God to forgive me (pedir para  Deus, perdoa-lo), and God forgave me, now I am so grateful for him, and I want to ring the church’s bell for the rest of my life, because I know someday I’ll  be by my God’s side, and I am a happy man because I trust in God, I want to be by his side as soon as possible (tão breve seja possivel). You are the first person who asked me about this nobody cares about this song they listen everyday but they won’t care if they don’t listen to that, and I know I am in the end of my life, I don’t know who will ring this bell for God…” and the old man stopped talking about, with a sad face. I went home thinking about how that man was so wonderful inside.

In the following day I wake up (acordei) at seven o’clock, and I didn’t hear the song of the bell, I didn’t mind about, at noon the bell didn’t ring again, I worried a little about, I went to the church and there was a wake inside   (uma pessoa morta) it, I shuddered and I approached (fui caminhando lentamente  e  aproximei) and saw the old man there. 
He died! I felt very sad and almost cried, it was four thirty and I decided to wait, for me to ring the sacred bell, (sino sagrado) and then everyday I have been going to the church to ring the church’s bell.