The book titled Simon’s Papa and other Stories comprises various interesting stories related to human life on pragmatic, imaginative thought process. Most of the stories give the lesson to live a placid life. Simon’s Papa is one of the inspiring stories. Let’s read, relish and acknowledge.
Simon was a school-going child but he was not attending his school daily because his schoolfellows were perpetually whispering and watching him with mischievous and heartless eyes as his father was quite unknown person.
But his mother La Blonchotte was well-known and treated with compassion by everybody in that society. Once when he was making his way back to his mother’s home a group of schoolfellows started to pass some nasty remarks regarding his unknown father. So he lost his temper and thrashed one of the boys mercilessly and began to weep inconsolably. After that in utter disgust he decided to end his life and moved towards a river.
There he met a person named Philip, a blacksmith by profession, who sympathised with him and after listening his problem, he readied himself to become his father. Both went to La Blonchotte’s house and lastly agreed to the proposal. Now Simon got Philip Remy as his father and announced proudly his name.
Now nobody laughed and he led a prestigious life.