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The author will donate all proceeds from
this book to the Cometa Foundation.
Ivan’s Fear
Text © Ariel Andrés Almada
Illustrations © Cha Coco
This edition © 2013 Cuento de Luz SL
Calle Claveles 10 | Urb Monteclaro | Pozuelo de Alarcón | 28223 | Madrid | Spain
www.cuentodeluz.com Title in Spanish: El miedo de Iván English translation by Jon Brokenbrow
ISBN: 978-84-15784-28-9
Printed by Shanghai Chenxi Printing Co., Ltd. xxxx 2013, print number xxx
All rights reserved
In the smallest house in the biggest forest in the oldest country lived Ivan
with his family. Every morning, he walked to the river with his dog, Tommy;
in the afternoons, he would help his father collect honey from the hives;
in the evenings, when he was tired, he would sit in the garden and look up
at the stars.
Although he dreamed about having great adventures and visiting far-away
lands, Ivan knew that it would be impossible for him. You see, Ivan’s secret
was that, ever since he was little, he had always been frightened of things.
The first time he felt afraid was when his parents took him to the seashore. The
waves looked as if they were edging towards them threateningly, and Ivan closed
his eyes so that he would feel safer.
“I’m really scared of the sea, Mommy,” he said, and he spent hours walking along
the beach, looking out at the water from a safe distance.
As the years went by, Ivan discovered that he was also afraid of loud noises,
of swimming in the river, and above all, of the strange mist that formed in the
forest surrounding his house. It all began one morning, just after sunrise. The
trees were swishing back and forth, and suddenly the sky became darker and
darker. A thick veil of mist descended slowly upon the house. Everything was
silent, except for a strange noise that seemed to come from the very center of
the forest. Tommy was barking in the same direction, running around nervously
and constantly looking up at his master.
“There’s something bad in there,” Ivan would say quietly, when his parents
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