Chores. . . .

Sometimes when I do work, I feel bored and I don’t want to do it. Then, sometimes I ask if I can do it. Weird. And so American and Canadian kids always tell their parents to do work.

Last week on Wednesday, Coco and Andy came over. I know we had a lot of fun. What I didn’t know was that Mom was doing the laundry. And we were supposed to help. After they left, I did what I normally did-then it occurred to me that my mom had did the laundry. Without us. Ok, it’s strange to feel guilty when we were having fun, but that’s me. After Gloria got on her bed, I told her about Mom doing ALL the work. She got sad and she cried. Any-way, I told her a story I made to cheer her up:

There was once a little girl who lived in China. Her name was Lotus. She was dusting the big drawer. Since her father went to Canada and her brother went to England for a field trip for school, so she and her mother did all the work. One day, while she dusting. her friend appeared at the door. “Chamomile!” Lotus smiled at her friend. Lotus’s mother told her to go play. Meanwhile, her mother was doing the chores. She looked out the window and smiled. Watching them made her very happy. When Chamomile had to go, Lotus went back to the house, but stood at the doorway. Lotus burst into tears. She told her mother that she was unhappy that her mother did all the work. Her mother, surprised, told her that watching her play was a pleasure, and made the work easier. Lotus believed her mother, and went to bed. In the middle of the night, she slipped out of bed and carefully painted some words on to the parchment paper. And then she crept into her mother’s room and place the paper on her mother’s desk. The next day, Lotus’s mother woke and saw the paper. She picked it up and read it. You are the best mum! In the world! I love you, mommy. Love, LOTUS. Lotus’s mother was very happy. THE END!

Gloria felt better after this story. I, myself did too. Do you like it?