STACH Short Story Contest #18: 199 words: "SOPHIA´S FLUTE"

Sophia is a young orphan who lives with her uncles for many years ago. Her family is of very low economic resources and she leaves early to work to help at home, all the money she makes was taken to her home. She goes out accompanied by her flute, which for her is her greatest treasure, since it was the gift of her parents before they died. Every day she takes his hat, takes her bag, her flute and goes to work. She takes the bus and there he plays his flute so that the passengers throw their coins into the bag.

She has been feeling that her flute does not sound the same as before and that's why her bag does not fill with coins. But one day, riding on the bus, a passenger approaches him and says "Remember that life gives us all a flute. In life we all have to prepare, develop skills, learn and constantly improve to give a good concert. Do not pretend to fill your money bag when you do not deliver a good melody. So, listen girl, the problem with the melody is not the Sophia´s flute the problem is you”.

source of the image
http://www.diariodejerez.es/ocio/Violeta-Gil-Orquesta-Joven-Cordoba_0_1105689491.html

by @williamjose