It was a good day. Mrs. Terry decided to make the most of it by washing her courtyard. She worked hard and made it spic and span. It sparkled. Then she went away to wash the clothes. Soon, her children came along. They were wondering what to do. Steffi suggested, “Let us play hopscotch. I have got some chalk.” The others agreed immediately. Steffi started drawing lines on the clean floor hardly realizing that her mother had spent so much time in cleaning it. Soon, the children were playing away. Suddenly, Mrs. Terry came out. She saw that her clean floor was dirty. The children realized that something was wrong by the way she looked at the floor. But she did not say anything to the children. She smiled and said, “Carry on playing.” But Steffi guessed everything and said, “Mother, we will clean the floor later.” Mrs. Terry said, “That is a good idea indeed.”
Playing Hopscotch
