Once upon a time, there was a small house made of stone. The house was built in the middle of a simple village. Around it were dozens of houses of the same type, and they all called him “the smoky” because of the smoke that came out of it. Indeed, all homes were always happy when they smelled the sweet smell of cooking. The smell was coming from the smoke of the fire place, and no matter what the weather was, cold, rain, or even hot, the owners of the house would light the fire.

This time was very special. The house got along very well with all the houses. Every day, the “smoky” house talked and laughed with his neighbors, and he slept when the owners of the house turned off the lights. This situation lasted for years and centuries.

As time passed, the population diminished until there was no one left in the village. The houses were sad, the smoke had stopped, but they kept talking to each other.

But one day, some people went to the village. They stopped in front of one of the houses and disappeared. After a while, they returned to the village with big machines and destroyed the house. The other houses were frightened by this sight, and two days later another house was destroyed, and within a week they destroyed all the houses, until the “smoky” house was left alone. Then they brought a lot of machines to the village, and they started building huge buildings in glass. Many people came to the new city to work in the buildings. 

Still, no one visited the “smoky”. The buildings were laughing at the house because it was old and not useful to the city. All life revolved around these buildings: work, restaurants, apartments, and so on…

But one day, there was a wise man who entered the house and started the fire again. He started cooking and smoke came out from the fire. When the residents smelled the scent, they got happy as the houses in the past used to be happy, and all the people went to the place. In the end, people in the city used to get off work early to eat and relax in this old house full of history, and no one liked to spend time in the new buildings, which were annoying.

The moral of the story: Enjoy old things and preserve them, because they have a history they can show to people.