The White Silk Dress Page #8

688

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It's because of Lan.

689

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What happened?

690

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She asked me to watch Charlie Chaplin.

691

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That's why I'm late.

692

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Eat, please.

693

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If you won't eat,

694

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I'll give your sweet potato to my pig.

695

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Piggy, come and eat.

696

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Hey, Rich.

697

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My pig already ate your sweet potato.

698

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Eat it. Mom will be back later

to breast-feed you.

699

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My mother often said that

700

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girls should

live a life of velvet and silk.

701

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I don't know what that means,

702

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but I think it must be very nice

since she describes it that way.

703

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I only know that

my mom works very hard

704

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so that when we grow up

we won't have a hard life like she did.

705

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Order. Everybody. Order!

706

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Why did you let your cow

eat my notebooks?

707

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You left your notebooks on the ground.

708

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My cow thought they were grass.

Stupid girl!

709

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If you,re so smart,

then why are you a cow herder?

710

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Your mom didn't have anything

to eat but corn

711

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when she was pregnant with you.

712

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Your father named you Corn.

713

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That's why you,re so stupid!

Stupid! Stupid!

714

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How dare you call me stupid!

715

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How dare you!

716

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You dare call me stupid!

717

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What's the matter, Corn?

718

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l...

I spilled ink on our white silk dress.

719

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Look, it's stained.

720

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A helicopter suddenly flew overhead.

721

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The noise startled me.

722

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I accidentally knocked over

the ink pot on our dress.

723

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Mom told us that

724

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a graceful girl should know

how to keep her dress clean.

725

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What will we do now?

726

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If Mom finds out,

727

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she will beat the both of us.

728

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An, why is your baby sister crying?

729

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Mom is calling.

730

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An, what shall we do now?

731

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An, why are you letting your

baby sister cry?

732

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Stop crying. Let's go out

and have some fun.

733

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One day, my sister

734

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accidentally spilled ink on our dress.

735

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She cried out of fear and

that made me cry too.

736

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We cried not because we were afraid

that our mom would punish us,

737

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but because we were afraid

that she would be sad.

738

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From then on,

739

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we wouldn't be her graceful

daughters anymore.

740

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Come on, honey.

741

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What are you three doing over there?

742

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An is washing the dress for you, Mom.

743

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Mom, l...

744

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I spilled ink all over the dress.

745

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Mom, I'm so sorry. Please don't be sad.

746

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And then my mom spent

that whole afternoon

747

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washing our dress by the river.

748

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It took her several

scrubbings to wash out the

749

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white jackfruit sap we had

put on the ink stain.

750

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It was only because we were

afraid our mom would be sad

751

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that we unintentionally made it worse.

752

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I regret that I was not able to keep

my mom's white silk dress clean

753

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which she had brought

from Ha Dong village.

754

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It is far from being as beautiful as

my classmates, dresses

755

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simply because my mom is not a tailor.

756

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But if any among you had seen my mom

757

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keep herself awake all those nights

758

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by the kerosene lamp

759

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to sew pieces of cloth into this dress

so we could continue to go to school,

760

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you'd know how truly beautiful

761

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this dress is to us.

762

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The most beautiful dress

of Cam Nam village.

763

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And nothing could make us happier

or prouder than to wear

764

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our mom's wedding dress to school.

765

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That afternoon,

766

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we watched our mom sit by the river

bank and wash our dress

767

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without a word of complaint.

768

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I love my mom very dearly.

769

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Even though we live in poverty

770

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we are proud to be

our parents, children.

771

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We will continue to study hard

and do everything

772

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we can to never disappoint them.

773

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As for me,

774

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to repay my mom

for the sacrifices she's made,

775

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I wish to become

a good tailor when I grow up

776

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so I can sew a beautiful

wedding dress for her...

777

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It's a replacement for the dress

she sacrificed for us

778

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so that we could remain in school.

779

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I've never seen her wearing a silk dress,

780

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but I know for sure

781

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that she would look beautiful in one.

782

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My father says so as well.

783

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I'll try my best to make my mom

proud of her graceful daughter.

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