Tension about business

Mama Papa Dikans, her twelve children and a servant couple, were living in that big house. When anyone came, it would have been entertaining. Besides, two dogs were the six -laden fish colored fish white abdomen, one saline and four ducks. Papa Skins was an intelligent disciplined personality. There were some of their own methods of raising children. Discipline and self -reliance were his special favorite words. His lectures on it had two and five -year -old Victor and Mary. He was also part of his discipline. All the houses spoke to the ideal of Papa Dikans. Mama Dickens also had full support.

Payment of tender on holidays was also part of Papa Dick's innovative education system. Painting the house. He asked his children to fill the tender for many tasks such as spraying pesticides, changing the garden seedlings, cutting the fruits of the tree. That is, the children decide on the details of what children will spend on the paper, how many days they will spend it.
Later, Mama and Papa Dickens would assign the group as they saw fit. Papa says that it makes children savvy, gets used to different jobs and enjoys earning hard-earned money. Moreover, it increases their confidence. During one vacation, he decided to paint the fence. He said. I will bring the paint, the rate of labor and the time required should be paid only by the boy in the tender.

Gathering in the living room they read everyone's tenders, to everyone's surprise it was Little Ann's turn to read the tenders. An eight-year-old took fifteen days to paint the fence. Eight days was enough. But given Anne's age, she seemed to have given it a lot of thought. But she would take very little money to paint such a wide fence. Only half a dollar. Hearing that, everyone started whispering. "Stupid Ann" said Eva. Before she could say anything more, Harry slapped her. "Rule five" he said. Hearing that, Eva remained silent. There was a rule of sins, if someone uttered a bad word, whoever was in front of him could slap the person who said it. Everyone followed this rule very diligently. The assailant had no choice but to remain silent. Papa slammed the paperweight on the table. Everyone calmed down. "Ann, everyone thinks you wrote too little money for this work. Do you want to make any changes?" Papa asked Ann. Ann stood up confused. "Dear Ann, do you know what's in a half dollar?" Picking up his hurtful fine, Richie said "When everyone else is paying a lot more in the tender than you, you can raise the price. How much would you like to work for Ann?" Mama asked. Ann was lost in thought. Give her some advice. Then she chirped, "I think half a dollar is enough for me. Mama", "Think again, son." Mama said back, this time "That's what I told you, Mama Papa," said Ann hesitantly, but firmly. "Okay." Papa said, "Ann got the job of painting the fence. she is She will complete the work in fifteen days and she will get half a dollar after the work is done," he announced.

Anne started working enthusiastically. Gradually she realized her mistakes. The first mistake is to work alone. She had to work alone while all the children were playing. She found it very boring. She was also very tired. Plus she learned from Maggie yesterday that a half dollar doesn't come with anything but an ice cream. She should have thought about it. Not a little, but a lot of thought should have been given. This is another mistake! Mama • Papa asked twice, but she insisted on half a dollar. But turning that key upside down could not bring back the lost time. It was such a lucky thing that she had to take fifteen days back... but she had taken it in her mind that when we have gone against everyone and put our hand in it, we have to carry it out. No matter what, she was determined to do as she promised. Little Ann, however, had a meltdown while doing that... well, stealing to tell someone. Well, Kathy, George, Davis came to ask for help but Annie politely told them 'no' with a stone in her heart. She's not young anymore, as if to say. Schools started in that. It means the thirteenth month of drought. Ann Bichari painted the fence after finishing school. Somehow at night after dinner her eyes would close due to exhaustion, she would be half asleep by the time she reached bed. Mama said looking at Papa watering the pots in the verandah. 'Poor Anne Willie, let's pay her. If she doesn't work, won't it work? She is doing this just to keep her word. I don't see this. That's enough. It's too much for her." Mama was speaking bitterly. I don't know why Stella? It's easy to tell her 'no'. But what she learns from this, it is difficult to teach her later. Is that what Willie wants her to know?" Mama asked. “See”, Papa said quietly, “She will learn the value of money... He who earns hard never wastes. She will know the deal. She will learn to think with her head, not her mind, when dealing with things she no longer knows. She will know, a word once given cannot be taken back. Stella, these things cannot be taught. can be learned." through experience itself "Do what you think is right, Willy". So Mama went inside. For the last two days, Ann has gotten the job done by waking up in the morning with an alarm. In the evening, everyone gathered around the dining table. "Ann completed the work on time as stated." Papa said. "Come here, Ann. How much do you want for this job?" Papa asked. Ann's throat tightened. She just said, "Half a dollar, papa". "Just a dollar and a half, of course." Papa said. The meal passed in silence. While eating, Ann was looking at the half dollar. She wanted to keep looking at that half dollar. After the meal she went to her room to sleep as if a heavy burden had been lifted from her head. As she was about to remove the sheet, she saw a blue eyed, blonde haired, shoulder length doll smiling down at her. She got lost. She took out the rolled paper in the doll's hand and read it letter by letter, 'Note to Anne about work – from Mama Papas' she was delighted and ran down the stairs into the courtyard.