Sometimes a curse. He had to be firm, to hide the sorrow he felt for the children who had nowhere to go and those he knew would not survive. No matter how much a mother loved her child, she had to allow him the right to premature death. The naturalist knows that not every seed produces an ear of corn, not every chick is born fit to live, not every sapling grows into a tree. Still, inveterate actor that he was, Korczak did not easily admit the harsh reality ofhospital life.
Every child has a pillow made of chocolate and whipped cream.
If she wakes up and feels unhappy, she breaks off a piece, and feels much better. The truth of the matter was that the frightened child would wake and see the twinkling eyes of the doctor trying to put her at ease. When a girl named Zofia, who was becoming weak from not eating, refused her mug of broth, he told her how sad the mug was at being rejected. If she did not drink the broth, it would roll right out of the hospital into the street and be run over by a tramcar. Zofia clasped the mug, then drank the broth right down.