THE THICK BOOK

   A blind old man stayed seated in a square with a thick book in his hand. When the people stopped near him, he opened his book and quoted a fragment of a page. A child that saw him for first time was wondered:

   -How do you get to read if you are blind?

   And then the blind old man answered:

   -I lost my vision, but memorized this whole book.  

 (Osmar Batista Leal) 

   "O livro grosso", versão em português desta fábula, está no livro A PERSEVERANÇA DO TATU, à venda no CLUBE DE AUTORES ou com o autor do livro.