"..Once a boy came running in from play and asked, Mother, what is milk? My friends say it is creamy and white and has the sweetest taste, second only to the nectar of gods. Please, mother, I want milk to drink.
The mother ,who was too poor to buy milk, mixed some flour in water , added jaggery , and gave it to the boy.
The boy drank it and danced in joy, saying, Now I, too, know what milk tastes like!
And the mother ,who through all the years of her hardship had never shed a tear, wept at his trust and her deception..."
- Chitra Bannerjee Divakaruni
The mother ,who was too poor to buy milk, mixed some flour in water , added jaggery , and gave it to the boy.
The boy drank it and danced in joy, saying, Now I, too, know what milk tastes like!
And the mother ,who through all the years of her hardship had never shed a tear, wept at his trust and her deception..."
- Chitra Bannerjee Divakaruni
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