One Short
Fairytale
Once upon a time there was a fairy country
Lexicology. It occupied
a large territory with deep rivers, thick forests and beautiful landscapes. It was
inhabited by unusual citizens – words, and there were so many of them, that
nobody could count
such a big amount except several knights called Dictionaries. Their main
concern was to defend
words, to indicate
their number, and in any case be mistaken. But there were some differences between them. One Dictionary
could point us
where the word originated
from, another noticed
the explanation of
the word, and another included descriptions of different
words and so forth. Usually they handled their tasks excellently, but one day they settled a dispute: who is the most
valuable, wise and important among them. One tried to assure others that he is worth recognition because he proposes the comparison of different
words, the second counted
that to spell words without mistakes
is the most important thing in the whole world, the third stamped his feet shouting
that nothing else matters when you don`t know the meaning of exact word. There
was an utter chaos because every of them wanted to be recognized as the Captain of
Knights-Dictionaries. That could last for ages until one of them proposed to go to the
Queen and to ask her to do a favour,
to make the situation clear. Her Royal Excellency raised her eyebrows and her face became severe. She told them that they are all important and
special in their own way and they have to do no such thing as quarreling any
more because the safety of the whole country depends on them. They stood with
their heads hung
and kept silence. Then they emotionally
apologized for been
so rude to each other and swore to be devoted followers of the Queen and their citizens, to
execute their job faithfully in any circumstances and to respect each other.
We wrongly mistook inhabintants of the country Lexilogy for boring paper dictionaries. It has to be a deep recognition that they also have a philological soul. Ignoring it is unforgivable.
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