Hello, Universe

by Erin Entrada Kelly

“That’s the problem. People don’t want to listen to their thoughts, so they fill the world with noise.”

There are many different ways to be strong.

“While they argued, he gathered grains of sand from the beach. He could only carry a handful at a time. The village was so busy arguing that they didn’t notice what he was doing. Then big ships came and tried to invade. But they couldn’t get in because Paulito had built a fortress, one handful at a time.”