Lesson 6: The Purple Jar (Part-1)

A Think about the following situation.

Suppose your mother/father has given you some money to spend on anything you like in a fair. Going round the fair, you have shortlisted the following items: (a) a beautiful decorative wooden horse (b) a colourful shirt/kamiz of latest fashion. (c) a box of delicious chocolates for your family (d) a golden pen---a gift for your best friend But you have money enough to buy only one thing. Write a paragraph about what you will buy and why.

B Read the story and answer the following questions.

Rosamond, a little girl about seven years old, was walking with her mother in the streets of London. As she passed along she looked in at the windows of several shops, and saw a great variety of things. She wanted to stop to look at them and buy them all, without knowing their uses or even without knowing their names. At first they stopped at a milliner's shop. The windows of the shop were decorated with ribbons, lace and festoons of artificial flowers. "Oh, Mamma, what beautiful roses! Won't you buy some of them?"" "No, my dear." "Why?" "Because I don't want them. They are not real flowers." They went a little further and came to a jeweller's shop. In it were a great many pretty, bright ornaments of little value, set beautifully behind the glass. 2025 "Mamma, will you buy some of these?" "Which of them, Rosamond?" "Which? I don't know which. Look at those earrings, that necklace, those pendants! Any of them will do, they are so pretty!" "Yes, they are all pretty, but of what use would they be to me?" "I am sure, Mamma, you could find some use if you only bought them first." "But I would rather find out the use first."

Though a little disheartened, Rosamond kept on looking at the shops and tried to persuade her mother to buy this or that. "Mamma, buckles are very useful things. Please buy some." "I have a pair of buckles. I don't need any now." So saying her mother walked on.

Questions

1. Make a list of things Rosamond wanted to buy.
2. How did the milliner's shop look like?
3. What can you see in a jeweller's shop in a town/city in Bangladesh, which you know well?