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?”