Era uma vez um rapaz... / Once upon a time there was a boy who...

“Once upon a time there was a boy.
He lived in a village that no longer exists,
in a house that no longer exists,
on the edge of a field that no longer exists,
where everything was discovered
 and everything was possible.
A stick could be a sword.
A pebble could be a diamond.
A tree could be a castle.”  

Nicole Krauss