Thelma J. Talloo
The Wedding Chain
Mother always wore her wedding chain. She wore it indoors and outdoors, she even wore it in the bath. She never ever took it off. It was a gift to her from father. His eyes shone with tender love when he had brought her to his home after their marriage, and put it around her neck.It had been made-to-order...
Lonely Kalu
Kalu was the only son of a farmer and his wife."I wish I had a brother or a sister, to play with," he told his parents one day. "Everyone has a brother or a sister. I don't like it when the children who come to play with me, on our farm, go back to their homes at night.""Don't be...
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