A Medium-Sized Brown Envelope

There was once a medium-sized brown envelope sitting in a local stationary
shop behind the counter. And, behind the counter of the local stationary
shop, the medium-sized brown envelope was feeling very squashed. (It would
have been feeling like a sardine, but as it had never experienced much
in the way of sayings such as that or sardines, it didn't.) And indeed,
this medium-sized brown envelope was feeling squashed because of the 49
other medium-sized brown envelopes enclosed in the same packet as this
particular envelope. And lo, this medium-sized brown envelope did feel
itself moving through the air one day, and it was thrown roughly into a
bag that did rustle, and it continued to be thrown about in this bag that
did rustle until, and lo, 'twas plonked upon a very solid object indeed.
And this envelope did think unto itself "Why, upon my very brownness, that
did hurt". And this envelope did say unto itself "I do wish that this very
solid solid thing would be softer". And, lo, the very solid solid thing
was soft. And the envelope did think unto itself "Why, upon my very brownness,
this very solid solid thing hath indeed become softer". And, lo, the
envelope did then say unto itself "I do wish that I may be the only
medium-sized brown envelope in this pack, and I do wish that the other
medium-sized brown envelopes in this pack were medium-sized orange envelopes
instead". And, lo, the other envelopes in the pack did become orange and
this envelope did stay brown. For this envelope was not an ordinary envelope
but 'twas the God that was the God of all the Universe, although this
envelope did not know. And it did come to pass that the pack of envelopes
that this envelope was enclosed in was ripped open and gradually all the other
envelopes were removed one by one from the pack. And the envelope did say
unto itself "I do sincerely hope that I will not suffer the fate of the
other medium-sized orange envelopes that once were in this pack". And it
did come to pass that this envelope was also removed from the pack and it
did have some white paper thrust into it, and it was wetted and refolded
upon itself. And the envelope did try to say some soloemn words unto itself,
but it could not. And it was forced to embark upon a long, rough, tiring
journey until, and lo, it came to rest upon another very solid solid thing.
And the envelope did try to say some solemn words unto itself, but still it
could not. And the envelope did think unto itself "Oh, my very brownness, I
do not appear to be able to say solemn words unto myself". And the envelope
did try and try to say solemn words unto itself, but it still could not. And
it did come to pass that this envelope felt itself flying through the air
again, but it was now used to feeling that feeling and did not take much
notice of it. And it did happen that this envelope was brutally ripped
apart and it did die in horroble agony and such was the end of the God
that was God of all the Universe.

And this passage doth tell us how if we just hope for something, that
something will never come about, but that if we wish intently for something,
that something will indeed come to pass.

And this passage doth also tell us that whoever we are, we must always
wish intently for a thing to come about, else it will not.