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Savings of a little girl: Part 1 - Savings
Little brother
The girl woke up in the morning with the letter in her hand, the letter that her brother wrote to Santa Claus, the small-small wishes of a small child, one scented eraser, a car-shaped pencil box, one yellow toy car, a drawing book, and a box of crayons😊. Her brother was sleeping soundly next to her; she wanted to caress him, but he will start crying if he wakes up, thinking about that, she just fondly stared at him for a while and got up after running her fingers through his silky hair for a bit and messing it uu😊😊.
Today is Saturday, so she doesn’t have to go to school but there is a lot of work. Cleaning the clothes, doing the dishes, cleaning the house, etc.; these are all her weekend chores..huh!!!. Thankfully winter vacation is coming, so not many studies, but she must prepare for Christmas also.
Christmas has never been celebrated in their house before but in her brother’s school, they have taught all kinds of festivals that are celebrated all over India so he has become very fascinated about Santa Claus and his gifts, so she wants to be his Santa Claus, and fulfill his small-small wishes.
The girl started her day’s work while still thinking about how to plan and celebrate Christmas. She soaked the clothes in soapy water and began to do the dishes absent-mindedly; only to come back to her senses when her brother’s favorite mug slipped off her hand and broke into pieces, waking up everybody in the house. Luckily, her father was at home so her mother didn’t beat her up, but then she knew as soon as her father goes out, she will not be spared ☹. She quietly cleaned up the mess and after finishing the dishes, she went on to finish her other chores. What an awful beginning of the day…
In the afternoon, when their parents went to take nap after lunch; her brother came to her quietly with a storybook in his hand; he wanted her to read out stories for him and then he whispered in her ears, “don’t worry Didi, I will tell Santa to give me two mugs, one for me and one for you.” She almost felt like crying, but she controlled herself, smiled at him, and started reading out his favorite story. He again interrupted her, “you didn’t post my letter I gave you yesterday right, give it back to me, I will add the mugs also.” She was worried that the amount of money that she has will not be enough to buy two mugs along with the gifts that her brother has already written but couldn’t say no to her brother and gave the letter back to him. He quickly added two mugs in his wish list and gave the letter back, “don’t forget to post it on Monday.” He reminded her.
In the evening also, her brother didn’t leave her side, he wanted to help her make Christmas tree and decorations from colorful papers. Was he trying to protect her?? So that their mother didn’t get a chance to beat her??
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