The Troll of Newburg
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Gillo asks, “What is the time of the day my dear Hensley Addison?” Hensley answers, “The last I heard the clock chime it was of the midnight hour.” “Are you not to worry of the hour? Is it not a new room with a new time?” Gillo states with a comforting assurance. “What do you mean a new room and new time?” asks Hensley. “When you came in did you not come from your time to mine, your realm to mine? Is not my home bigger than the tree it houses? Was not your last visit a long stay? Yet did you not notice how quickly it passed? Were you not gone from your realm a long measure of time? Yet was it not so that when you returned to your time and space only a slight time had passed?” explained Gillo. Hensley asked, “How can that be?” Gillo pauses, thinks for a long while, rubs his wrinkled chin and says, “Can Gillo explain time and eternity? May he attempt it? “Does not the seventh door lead to a different room of time and space? Is not the Great Maker dwelling in today, yesterday and tomorrow? Is He not here and there even now? Is it not called eternity? Time and space are they not merely measurements? In your land do we not measure time in years, days, hours, minutes and seconds? Is not your space determined by length, breadth, and height? Are we not in just one room of reality? In the heavens, is it not so that time even bends; small things may be great and great things small? Are there not realms and times within realms and times? Are these not mere rooms? Is not Hensley Addison welcomed to Gillo’s Room?”
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This is a story about every child’s imagination—your imagination. It takes place in the early twentieth century about 1910. It is a fairy tale, a fantasy. However, the places are real and so are the people. The names have been altered to add a touch of mystery, or just in case someone does not like his or her character. The house is real, including the three doors. Maybe it’s your house, your home town, or your family. Maybe it’s your name that has been changed in our story. Even Gillo, the Troll is real. At least he was real to my youngest grandson. The only contrast to his imaginary friend, Gillo and the Gillo of our story is that his friend Gillo was just about always in trouble. When my grandson, was about Sue’s age in our story (four), he came walking in the living room with peanut butter all over his face. His mom said, “Didn’t I say to stay out of the peanut butter?” He immediately said, “Yes, but you don’t understand; Gillo fell into the peanut butter jar, and I was just trying to get him out.” Imagination is an excellent gift.
About the Author
Dr. Tony Foglio is the author of the Sonrise Daily Devotional Bible and the Discover the bible Devotional. Tony was a businessman and teacher before retiring as senior pastor of Sonrise Community Church in Santee, California. As a businessman, pastor, story teller, and grandfather to very imaginative children he has taken everyday events and created a wonderful imaginary friend named, Gillo.