The Wedding Chain

Sat, 21 Dec 2002 11:42:10 +0000

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 to a special design that father gave to the goldsmith. The chain had bits of twisted gold interspersed with five black beads, followed by another bit of twisted gold chain.

Lonely Kalu

Mon, 16 Sep 2002 05:27:58 +0000

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 silly,” said his father. “Their parents love them and want them back.”

But his words had some effect, because within a year, the farmer and his wife were blessed with twin girls. But Kalu was still unhappy. “I’m fond of my baby sisters,” said Kalu. “They are too small to play with me, just yet. Mother is busy with them, as they take up too much of her time. I’m lonely and bored.”

Thelma J Talloo on Pitara Kids Network

The Wedding Chain

Lonely Kalu