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Raluca a tot auzit vorbindu-se in casidespre ingeri si nu prea intelegea ce sunt ei...Un anumit fel de oameni? Fluturi, pentru cApotzbura? Poate sunt pdsdri, de vreme ce auaripi! Un timp i-a tot cdutat cu privirea,crezdnd cd ii poate vedea pe undeva, prinapropiere. Dar ce putea gisi felita, dinmoment ce nu stia ce sunt ingerii si cum aratdei de fapt?

Astfel cd, intr-o dimineafd, s-a trezit hotd-rAtd sd descifreze misterul. Imediat ce acoborAt din pat, a fugit la bunicul ei si l-aintrebat:

-ingerasul e un spiridus?

- Nu, ingerasul e un... inger, ii rdspunsebunicul, zAmbind in barbd.-Nuinteleg!- E un copil ca tine sau un adult ca mine,doar cd este fdcut numai din lumind si are

aripi mari, cu care poate zbura repede-repede acolo unde este chemat.

-Cineilcheamd?- Copiii, oamenii, toti cei care au nevoie

de el.

- Si cine nu are nevoie?

- Tofi avem nevoie.

-Si dumneata?-Da, gi eu 9i toti oamenii de pe PdmAnt.Toti au un inger care este cu ei in perma-

nentd.

-Sieuamuninger?- Fireste cd 9i tu ai! Atunci cAnd te rogi, nu

trebuie doar sd ceri: ,,Vino atcT!" , ,,Ajutd-md!"sau ,,Fd asta pentru mine!" inainte de toate,trebuie sd ai inima curat6. CAnd vrei sd faciceva si nu reusesti, ingerul se uiti in inima ta9i, dacd este curatd, te va ajuta.

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Raluca has kept on hearing about angels inthe house and she hasn't really understoodwhat would theybe... A kind of people? Arethey butterflies because they can fly? Ormaybe they are birds, since they have wings!She has kept on searching for them a while,thinkingthat she might see them around. Butwhat could the girl possible find since shehasn't really known what angels are and howtheylooklike?

So thaJ,'qr,r€ morning she woke up deter-

wings which he is able to fly very quicklywhere he is called."

"Whocallshim?"Children, people, all those who need

him.""And who doesn't need him?""Weallneedhim." '.:1

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"Evenyourself?""Yes, even myself and all the people on

Earth. Everyone has an angel who is always,withthem."

r grandfather" Do I have an angel, too?" .,.' ,;.,,,,,,"Yes, of course! When you are prhying,

you shouldn't just ask: 'Come here!',"Helpme!' or 'Do this for me!' First of all, yourheart should be pure. When you.want io aosomething, but you are not able to, the angellooks into your heart and, if it is pure, he willhelpyou."

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- Cum adicd sd am inima curatd? Sd mi-ospdl aga cum md spdlpe fali?- Da..., intr-un fel..., dar nu cu apa 9isdpun. Inima se spali de minciund, rdutate,

supdrare, obrdznicie. . .

-Eu aminima curatd?

-Nu 9tiu. Tu cecrezi?-Cum pot si aflu?

- Uitd-te in oglindd!Raluca fugi la oglindd, dar vdzu acelasichip bucdlat cu care era obignuitd. OricAt secercetd, nu descoperi nicio inimd.

Bunicule, eu nu-mi vdd inima inoglindd!

- Roagd-te la ingerag sa-!i arate inima gi el!i-o va ardta.

Raluca se asezd in genunchi, igi impreunimAinile in fata pieptului, dar mai departe nustiu ce sd faci. il privi nedumeritd pe bunic,

intrebAndu-se ce sd spund si cui, fiindcd nuvedeapenimeni.

- Cum sd mi rog, bunicule? sopti ea incele din urmd, rusinatd.- Uite-aga, draga mosului! Spune dupdmine:

inger, ingerasul meu,Ce mite-a datDumnezeu,Totdeauna fii cu mine$i md invald sd facbine!

Eu sunt mic, tu fd-md mare;Eu sunt slab, tu fd-mdtare.in tot locul md-nsotesteSi de rele md fereste!

Amin!

in soaptd rugdciunea, fiindcuvAnt si, dupd ce termind,

Raluca rostiatentd la fiecare

"What do you mean by pure heart?Should I wash it as I wash my face?"

"Yes..., in a way..., but not with water andsoap. The heart has to be washed of lying,meanness , attger, insolence. .."

"Do I have a pure heart?""I don'tknow. What do youthink?""Howcanlfind out?""Lookinto the mirror!"Raluca ran to the mirror, but she saw just

the same chubby face she has been familiarto. Even though she examined herselfclosely, she couldn't find any heart.

"Grandpa, I don't see my heart in themirror!"

"Pray to the little angel to show your heartand he will."

Raluca knelt dowry folded her hands inwhat to doto grandpa

wondering what to say and to whom, sinceshe hasn't seen anybodythere.

"Grandpa, how shall I pray?" she askedashamedinthe end.

"Just like this, dear good child, follow mywords:

Angel, you, mykttle angel,You who're sent to me by GodAlwaysbe alongmy soulAnd teach me how to do the good.

I am smalL, you make mebig,I amweak, youmake me strong.Everytime you, please, follow me,And of evil, please, protect me

Amen."

Raluca whispered the prayet, payingattention to every word and at the end" she