The children were hungry. They looked out the Where was their mother? She walked into the . The children ran over to her. “Mom, we’re so hungry,” they both said.

She walked into the kitchen. She opened a can of soup. She poured the soup into a . She added . She put the pot on the stove. She made two butter and jelly . She sliced an .

The soup was hot. She poured it into two She put the on two She put slices on each . She put the and on the , The children ran to the table. “Thank you, mommy!” they said.

An opens her and Iooks out of it. The shines brightly. There is a in the garden in front of her . The looks at him and says, “He is cutting for me!”

She goes out into the garden and says to the young man, “Why are you cutting for me, ?
”The says, “Today’s my holiday. You ’re old and live alone. I want to do something for you.”
“It’s so kind of you, my boy,” says the . “Come into my and have a .”

“OK ” answers the , “but I must finish the work first.” When the goes out into the garden an hour later, the is not there. The garden looks clean and tidy.
“What a nice !” says the .