Elegir el fuego

Fue amor a primera vista. Un relámpago que me reveló sentimientos nuevos y palpitantes, como esa luz que sólo había leído en libros de poesía. Sin darme cuenta, poco a poco entré en un laberinto de emociones que me perdió en ella y me enfrentó conmigo. Fueron días interminables en los que aprendí a nombrar mi deseo y mi frustración. Tantas derrotas. Comencé a escribir. Y todo, absolutamente todo esfuerzo por amar y ser amado me parecía inútil. —R. N.

Leila tiene seis años. Tiene los ojos muy grandes, el pelo rizado y la piel morena. No tiene hermanos, pero tiene muchos amigos en el colegio. Una dulce historia que nos enseña que las diferencias no existen ¡y que los grandes a menudo tienen más prejuicios que los pequeños!

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