Unforgettable Memory in My Life

Butterflies –   a short story by Patricia Grace

|       |       The grandmother plaited her granddaughter’s (0) hair and then she said, “Get your lunch. Put it in your bag. Get your     |
|       |apple. You come (1) straight back after school, straight home here. Listen to the teacher,” she said. “Do what she say. “         |
|       |Her grandfather was out on the step. He walked down the (2) path with her and out on to the footpath. He said to a neighbour,     |
|       |“Our granddaughter goes to school. She lives with (3) us now.”                                                                   |
|5     |“She’s fine,” the neighbour said. “She’s (4) terrific with her two plaits in her hair”.                                           |
|       |“And (5) clever,” the grandfather said. “Writes every day in her book!”                                                           |
|       |“She’s fine,” the neighbour said.                                                                                                 |
|       |The grandfather waited (6) with his granddaughter by the (7) crossing and then he said, “Go to school. Listen to the teacher. Do |
|       |what she say.”                                                                                                                   |
|10     |(8) When the granddaughter came home (9)   from school her grandfather was (10) hoeing round the cabbages.                         |
|       |Her grandmother was picking beans. They stopped their work.                                                                       |
|       |“You bring your book home?” the grandmother asked.                                                                               |
|       |“Yes.”                                                                                                                           |
|       |“You write your story?”... [continues]

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