Other interviews I did with my mother • CHICO ABELHA'S MOTHER • CHICO ABELHA PAYS TRIBUTE TO HIS MOTHER • I ALSO WANT TO BE NORMAL • EASY AND DELICIOUS SWISS ROLL RECIPE • MARIA HELENA LACAZ RUIZ - AF MEMORIES... • CHICO ABELHA'S MOTHER - THE RETURN The boy who carried water in a sieve - Manoel de Barros I have a book about water and boys. I liked the one about a boy who carried water in a sieve the most. His mother said that carrying water in a sieve was the same as stealing a wind and running off with it to show his brothers. His mother said it was the same as picking up thorns in the water. The same as raising fish in your pocket. The boy was into nonsense. He wanted to build the foundations of a house on dew. His mother noticed that the boy liked emptiness more than fullness. He said that emptiness is bigger and even infinite. Over time, that boy who was stubborn and weird, because he liked to carry water in a sieve. Over time, he discovered that writing would be the same as carrying water in a sieve. In writing, the boy saw that he was capable of being a nun, a monk, or a beggar at the same time. The boy learned to use words. He saw that he could do mischief with words. And he started to do mischief. He was able to change the afternoon by making it rain. The boy performed miracles. He even made a stone grow a flower. His mother looked at the boy with tenderness. The mother said: My son, you are going to be a poet! You are going to carry water in a sieve all your life. You are going to fill the voids with your mischief, and some people are going to love you for your absurdities!