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Young World
Bit of blue silk
ASHA NEHEMIAH
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When mother bought the blue silk, she wanted to make something special. But would she stitch it for Deepa, Arun or Tina?
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Mother bought a bit
of blue silk from the
shop. "I think," she
said, feeling the lovely, shiny
cloth, "that I will make a dress
for Deepa with this blue silk."
Father and Mother had
three children. Deepa was the
oldest. Arun was next. He was
ten years old. Tina was the
youngest.
Mother took out her sewing
basket. It had needles, thread
and a pair of scissors in it.
She put the blue silk on the
table and stitched a dress
from it.
Deepa put on the dress. "Oh
no, mother," Deepa said.
"This dress is too long for
me."
"Don't worry, dear," said
Mother. "I will cut off a bit
and the dress will fit you
nicely."
So Mother took out her
scissors and cut off a bit a silk
from the bottom of the dress.
Deepa put on the dress
again, "Oh no mother," she
shook her head. "Now the
dress is too short. I can't wear
such a short dress."
"Hmm," said mother, "Then
I will make it into a silk shirt
for Arun."
Snip, snip went mother's
scissors and soon the shirt
was ready.
Arun put on the shirt.
"Mother!" he said, "This shirt
is too big. So big and loose
that I think three children can
fit into it."
So mother cut off a bit of
silk from this side and another
bit of silk from that side. This
time the shirt was so tight
that Arun couldn't get it over
his head.
"No problem," said mother,
"I will make this shirt into a
fine silk blouse for Tina."
Tina was so happy. But
when she put on the blue silk
blouse, she found that one
sleeve was long and the other
sleeve was short.
Snip, snip went mother's
scissors. This time, the front
of the blouse was shorter than
the back.
Snip, snip went Mother's
scissors. This time the right
side was longer than the left
side.
Snip, snip. Snip, snip. Snip,
snip.
Soon there was no blouse at
all.
"Oh dear," said mother
sadly. "I wanted to make
something very nice with my
bit of blue silk.
"I wanted a blue silk dress,"
said Deepa.
"I wanted a blue silk shirt,"
said Arun.
"And I wanted a blue silk
blouse," said Tina bursting
into tears.
"Don't worry," said Father
looking at four sad faces. "I
know how each of you can
have something nice made of
blue silk."
"How?" they asked.
Father picked up the
scissors. Snip, snip.
Soon Deepa had a blue silk
belt. Arun got a blue silk tie.
And little Tina got a blue silk
bow.
There was still a little bit of
blue silk left over for Father to
make two hankies. One for
himself and one for mother.
Every one was happy! .
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