The Box

When one gives a gift to a child there's often a confusing paradox... As the gift is quickly set aside while the child plays in the box. For children see with their imagination all the journeys to be amassed In a box that holds not only a present...but trips to the future...and the past Children know a box can be anything...according to their mood... A mansion high upon a hill...a fortress of solitude. A box can be a spaceship...on a mission to the moon or a stagecoach drawn by horses....arriving at high noon. A box can be a cave from a time when dinosaurs roamed the land. or a castle protected from dragons by knights both brave and grand. A box can be a schooner battling monsters out at sea... Anything a child envisions...is what a box can be. So the next time you give a gift to a child...savor the paradox... knowing they will find joy in the gift your giving...and magic in the box.