One day, Miss Ellis gave her pupils some homework: to bring happiness around them to school.
Several days later, the pupils handed in their homework.
Carla carried a big bag to school. “Here in the bag I have collected all of my happiness,” she said.
Everyone wanted to know what was in it, but she just pulled a small box out of the bag and gave it to her teacher. When Miss Ellis took the box, Carla took a camera out of her pocket.
“Open it, Miss Ellis.”
The teacher opened the box slowly and looked inside. A big smile shone on her face, and at that moment Carla took a photo. She then gave the photo to Miss Ellis along with a piece of paper. The teacher read the paper in silence. When she had finished she looked at the bag.
“Oh, so it’s ...”
“Yes!” said Carla. “It’s a lot of smiles!”
She opened the bag and hundreds of photos fell out, all of different smiles. Each one of them was beautiful.
With all her classmates now smiling, Carla took a photo of each one of them. She gave them their own photo along with a piece of paper, which asked them to do the same with other people and to send a copy of the photos to her.