Octavia had difficulty doing her homework. “Mother, I can’t read anything clearly,” she said. Her mother took her to an optician, who performed a routine check-up for her eyes and gave her a pair of spectacles to wear. “Eat lots of green vegetables and carrots,” he advised. Octavia did not like the spectacles. She was embarrassed to wear them to school. So, she would wear them every morning and once her mother had dropped her at school, she took them off. Before her mother came to pick her up, Octavia would wear her spectacles again. But one day, her mother saw this and scolded her. The next day, she made sure Octavia wore her spectacles in the class. That day, one of the girls in the class came up to her and said, “You look great. You should wear spectacles more often.” Octavia was surprised to hear this. She wore the spectacles every day.
The Pair of Spectacles
