HOW WE KEPT MOTHER'S DAY
We decided to have a special celebration of Mother's Day. We thought it a fine idea. It made us realise how much Mother had done for us for years, and all the efforts and sacrifices that she had made for our sake.
So we decided that we'd make it a great day, a holiday for
all the family, and do everything we could to make Mother happy. Father decided
to take a holiday from his office, so as to help in celebrating the day, and my
sister Ann and I stayed home from college classes, and Mary and my brother Will
stayed home from High School.
It was our plan to make it a day just like Christmas or any
big holiday, and so we decided to decorate the house with flowers. We asked
Mother to do it, because she always does it.
The two girls thought it would be a nice thing to dress in
our best for such a big occasion, and so they both got new hats. Father had
bought silk ties for himself and us boys. We were going to get Mother a new hat
too, but it turned out that she liked her old hat better than a new one.
After breakfast we decided that we would hire a motor car
and take Mother for a beautiful drive away into the country.
But on the very morning of the day we changed the plan a
little bit. We all felt that it would be nicer to have a definite purpose. It
turned out that Father had just got a new rod the day before, and he said that
Mother could use it if she wanted to: in fact, he said it was practically for
her, only Mother said she would rather watch him fish than fish herself.
So we got everything arranged for the trip. Mother cut up
some sandwiches and packed all up in a basket for us.
When the car came to the door, it turned out that we
couldn't all get in.
Father said that he could stay at home and work in the
garden. The girls said that Mother had only to say the word and they'd gladly
stay at home and work.
In the end it was decided that Mother would stay at home and
have a lovely restful day round the house. It turned out anyway that Mother
didn't care for fishing and also it was just a little bit cold and fresh
out-of-doors, though it was lovely and sunny, and Father was afraid that Mother
might take cold if she came.
We had the loveliest day. Father and the boys fished, the
girls met quite a lot of people. We all had a splendid time.
It was quite late when we got back. We sat down to dinner.
It was grand. When it was over all of us wanted to help clear the things up and
wash the dishes, only Mother said that she would really much rather do it. When
we all kissed Mother before going to bed, she said it had been the most
wonderful day in her life and I think there were tears in her eyes.
And here is a drawing on similar topic.
It was drawn by Herluf Bidstrup the famous Danish artist.
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