The Girl With The Red Boots
I saw you once in my life, but I will never forget you,
It was actually all in a flash, but I will never forget.
Well, it all went so fast, like lightning, and you were so far away,
It was already night, in darkness and fog,
Well, actually I didn't see you at all,
....only your red boots ...
I only saw your red boots,
Enough for me to put the magic on,
Enough for me to never forget you.
I saw these boots once in my life ....
And they were so far away,
In darkness and fog ....
But enough to make my heart in trouble,
Enough to bring my heart in pain,
Yesterday I went to the place where I saw these boots,
There on that little island in the lake.
I swam to it by daylight ....
But ....
They weren't actually red boots ....
It was just an old red car ....
Well, I wonder how you got there with your red car,
Well..............
Maybe your magical red boots brought you there ......
Today I swam to the island again, to look into your red car,
but an old man was sitting in ......
Pardon me, sir, I thought you were a girl with red magical boots.
Well, well, he said ....
So I am not crazy .....
I also saw a girl with red boots here .... When I was young, I went to this place with my red car when the lake didn't exist yet.
But when I came here, it appeared to be a red apple, so I ate it.
And I decided to stay here till I would really see her .....
Since then the lake came to existence ....
The birds told me it was because of the girl's tears ......
But I don't know if they said it to tease me or not .....
Now I'm old and I still didn't see her, he said.....
If I could only see her red boots again .......
Did you see more than her red boots ? I asked ....
No, no, the man said .... only her red boots ..... but as I told, it was only an apple, and I ate it ....
Well, if you ate it, we will never see her again, I said ....
But, but, ....said the old man ..... I planted the pips at the other side of the island .....
Well, then she must be there, I shouted .... Running to the other side .....
But another red car was standing there ..... with another old man inside .....
With the same story .......
We will never see her again, if it goes like this ..... I said .....
But if we become friends ..... We can hold the red boots in our hearts ......
But ....... I asked ........ What is the reason you wanted to see her again ?
Well, because we lost our red boots long ago, when we went for a swim in the swimmingpool .... the old men spoke together .... I now noticed they had the same face .....
Then they continued :
The girl with the red boots was the one the police was looking for since then ....
For we wanted our red boots back .....
So how do you know it was a girl who stole the red boots ?
For a policeman saw a girl with red boots here ..... they said ....
Well, I know that story, I said .....
And I bet he's also somewhere on this island, sitting in a red car, with a red apple in his stomache .....
No, the old men said together .... He died short after he saw her .....
They say he saw something else besides the red boots .....
Well, pffff...... after all, then I'm glad I only saw her red boots ...... and nothing more ....
And I'm also glad I had to find out, I actually saw you instead of her .... you are good friends for me, you really helped me a lot ........ Maybe she doesn't exist at all ...... And maybe it's better this way ......
No ! The old men shouted together ..... We want our red boots back !
And tell us, what was your reason to see the girl with the red shoes again ? They asked me .....
Well, ehm ...... Now I'm afraid to tell ....... I found some red boots at the swimming-pool, and I thought ..... maybe she lost hers there ......
But, .....the old men started to get real mad, why did you say you saw her with red boots, while you had found them yourself ....
Well, because actually the boots I found weren't boots, I found them in darkness and fog, when it was midnight, but in daylight they appeared to be red apples, and I bet these were from your apple-trees .... So I was glad to see the girl already had her shoes back .... I said .....
But she appeared to be us .... the old men said .....
Well, yes, I shouted, so why are you getting mad if you already have your shoes back !
The men started to get redder and redder ..... and an enormous explosion was finally taking place ....
It was the girl with the red boots standing before me, smiling .....
So it was really you, I asked .....
No, only red boots, but I liked your idea so I came ..... she said .....
Now who the heck are you then ..... I asked .....
I'm the girl who cried this lake of tears ...... For I lost my red boots long ago, and now you brought them back ..... She said softly ....
Oh no, I shouted, another one who lost red boots .....
I will never wear red shoes in my whole life again,
I will never drive red cars,
and never again will I eat a red apple ....
I'm getting sick of this .....
Finally I wake up, and the old men are standing before me, trying to sooth me ....
What happened, I ask .....
You fell out of the apple-tree, you also wanted to eat a red apple .....
It seems you did ...... Strange things happen when people eat these apples .....
Did you see the girl with the red boots ?
Oh my, I'm still not awake .... I feel .... I'm starting to shout and scream .....
Finally I woke up ..... Two old men are trying to calm me, and to make me breath .....
They said I almost drowned in the lake, while I was talking about red boots I saw glittering in the lake .... They saved me .....
I lose consciousness again ..... and the next morning I wake up in the hospital ...... A girl with a red hat is entering my room ..... She sais she is my sister, she sais she was very worried ..... but the doctor sais it's better with me ...... I ask her if I may see her boots .......... Green shoes ....... pfffff ...... Fortunately ......... I smile ...... and she starts to smile .......
Then a bell rings ...... Someone else is coming to my room ....... A girl ........ She sais she is my girlfriend ....... I don't remember her ...... Then I almost faint ..... It gets black before my eyes ........
She ..... has .......... Red ................. Boots .......
And then she sais she has a present for me ........ I open the present-box and I see beautiful red velvet boots .......
Well, that's sweet, I say ........ But I can't remember you .......
Every day it gets better with me ......
I wear my red velvet boots very often ......
I still can't remember my girlfriend ......
But I feel she loves me very much ......
Every day I get to know her better and better ....
She seems to be very nice ....
But today, it sounds very strange .....
I got a flash, it went fast like lightning ......
A sense that I know her and her red boots ....
Well, especially her red boots ......
There the two old men enter the hospital .... They saved my life .....
I ask if they have red cars incidentally ...... but no, one has a blue car, and the other has a white car .....
They appear to be the grandfathers of my girlfriend ......
I ask them if they already found their red boots .....
But they say they don't have red boots .....
They brought some apples for me .....
Red ones .....
Hey !
Hey, it's green ! Someone shouts .....
There I wake up, standing before green traffic-light ..... Now I really woke up ...... I hope ....
It all appeared to be a dream within a dream ..... while I was staring into the red traffic-light.
It's still weird ...... I still get that strange feeling when I see someone with red boots .....
Then I think maybe this person has also a red car, and likes red apples .....
But then I think : No, that can't be true, they have their own lives .... This is just coincidence ....
And then I smile ..... and walk further .......