Amber: The Little Yellowish-brown Light
Amber, the yellowish-brown light, was feeling sad. She was thinking about her own job. She
thought, “My friends, Green Light and Red Light, have the best jobs. Everyone listens to
Green when he lights up and says ‘Go!’ Everyone stops and stares at Red when they see
him. But nobody cares very much about me.”
One day Green and Red argued about who had the better job. After a long quarrel, Green
lit up as bright as he could. Dodge, the Truck, smiled at Green and began to move along.
There was a car named Saloon, moving behind Dodge. At that moment, Red turned his
light on and lit up as bright as he could. Dodge stopped suddenly when he saw Red. And
Saloon, following behind, crashed into Dodge.
Amber was watching and became worried. She knew she had to do something. Immediately
she turned her light on and said, ‘Slow down’. Amber was amazed to see that all the cars
were slowing down. She told Red to light up and Red did so. She was pleased to see that
the cars stopped. Then she told Green to light up and Green did so. One by one the cars
started to move slowly. Finally, she realized that all the traffic lights were important. From
that day on, Amber was never sad again.