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Unit: 14; Lesson 7: The Purple Jar-2

This time Rosamond was really disappointed as her mother wanted nothing. However, while they were passing by a chemist’s shop, she saw some jars— blue, green, red, yellow and purple—and she seemed to have a fascination for a purple jar.

āĻāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ°ā§‹āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻ–ā§āĻŦāĻ‡ āĻšāĻ¤āĻžāĻļ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻšā§‡āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§āĻ‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžā§ŸāĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§‹āĻ• āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻ–āĻ¨ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‡āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻ° āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻšā§‡āĻŸā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° (āĻœāĻžāĻ°) āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒā§‡āĻ˛- āĻ¨ā§€āĻ˛, āĻ¸āĻŦā§āĻœ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ˛, āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĻ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦā§‡āĻ—ā§āĻ¨āĻŋ- āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§‡āĻ—ā§āĻ¨āĻŋ āĻœāĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ—āĻ˛āĨ¤

But her mother answered as before, “Of what use would they be to me, Rosamond?”

āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻž āĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŦā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹āĻ‡ āĻ‰āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛, “āĻāĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ•ā§€ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¸āĻŦā§‡, āĻ°ā§‹āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ?”

Oh, Mamma, I would use it for a flower pot.’

“āĻ†āĻš, āĻŽāĻž! āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŸāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§‡āĻŦā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻ°āĻŦā§‹āĨ¤”

“But you have a flower pot and the jar you are dying for buying is not a flower pot.”

“āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§āĻ› āĻ¸ā§‡āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¨ā§ŸāĨ¤”

“Yet, Mamma, I like it so much â€Ļ!”

” āĻ¤āĻž āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§‡āĻ“, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻŸāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ ……….”

Then suddenly she cried, “Ouch! A stone, mamma, a stone has got in my shoe. It hurts!”

āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ° āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻšāĻŋā§ŽāĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§‹, “āĻ†āĻš! āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāĻ°, āĻŽāĻž āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻœā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāĻ°āĨ¤ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĨāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›ā§‡!”

“Oh! How did it get there?”

“āĻ†āĻš! āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•ā§€āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻ†āĻ¸āĻ˛ā§‹?”

“See, there’s a hole in my shoe, Mamma. In fact, my shoes are quite worn out. Would you be so good as to buy me another pair?”

“āĻĻā§‡āĻ– āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻœā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¤āĻ˛āĻžā§Ÿ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĢā§āĻŸā§‹ āĻŦāĻž āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻŽāĻžāĨ¤ āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛āĻ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻœā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ—ā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ• āĻœā§‹ā§œāĻž āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦā§‡?

“But, Rosamond, I haven’t got money enough to buy shoes, jars, jewellary, buckles and all that you wish to buy.”

“āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§, āĻ°ā§‹āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ, āĻœā§āĻ¤āĻž, āĻœāĻžāĻ°, āĻ…āĻ˛āĻ‚āĻ•āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻž āĻ•āĻ˛āĻŽ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›, āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹ āĻ•ā§‡āĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻŸāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻžāĻ›ā§‡ āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ‡āĨ¤”

Rosamond became sad again. Her mind flashed back to all those beautiful things she had seen that morning.

āĻ°ā§‹āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻ†āĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĨāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‹āĨ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ° āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸āĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻšāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻ—āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻŦāĻž āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻ•āĻžāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤

“But, Mamma, I like the purple jar very much. And now my foot hurts. Could you buy me only these two things — the jar and a pair of shoes, please?”

“āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻŽāĻž āĻŽāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŽāĻž, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§‡āĻ—ā§āĻ¨āĻŋ āĻœāĻžāĻ°āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ–ā§āĻŦāĻ‡ āĻĒāĻ›āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻžā§Ÿā§‡ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĨāĻžāĨ¤ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĻā§ŸāĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡ āĻœāĻžāĻ°āĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ•āĻœā§‹ā§œāĻž āĻœā§āĻ¤ā§‹- āĻ āĻĻā§āĻŸā§‹ āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦā§‡?”

“No, Rosamond, you can buy only one thing. However, you may buy the other thing next month. And you have to decide which one you would like to buy now.’

“āĻ¨āĻž, āĻ°ā§‹āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ, āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻœāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŦā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ¯āĻžāĻšā§‹āĻ•, āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ  āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ†āĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‹āĨ¤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻŦā§‡ āĻāĻ–āĻ¨ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•ā§‹āĻ¨āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŦā§‡?

“I need the shoes badly,” Rosamond began to argue with herself, but my heart is in that beautiful jar.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻœā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹ āĻœāĻ°ā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§Ÿā§‹āĻœāĻ¨,” āĻ°ā§‹āĻ¸āĻžāĻŽāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹, “āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻ†āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻ° āĻœāĻžāĻ°āĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡āĨ¤”

Then looking at her shoes, she told her mother, “These shoes are not so bad, except for the hole in one. I think I can make them last till the end of the month, can’t I? Don’t you think so, Mamma?”

āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻĒāĻ° āĻœā§āĻ¤ā§‹āĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹āĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ• āĻ¤āĻžāĻ•āĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¸ā§‡ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŽāĻžāĻ•ā§‡ āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛ā§‹, “āĻāĻ‡ āĻœā§āĻ¤ā§‹āĻ—ā§āĻ˛ā§‹ āĻāĻ¤ āĻ–āĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĒ āĻ¨ā§Ÿ āĻļā§āĻ§ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻĢā§āĻŸā§‹āĻŸāĻŋ āĻ›āĻžā§œāĻžāĨ¤ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°āĻŋ āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ†āĻ—āĻžāĻŽā§€ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¸ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻšāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŦ, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°āĻŦ āĻ¨āĻž? āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‹ āĻ¨āĻž, āĻŽāĻž?”

“I want you to think for yourself, dear.”

“āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡ āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¤ā§‹āĻŽāĻžāĻ° āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻ­āĻžāĻŦā§‹, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻŋā§Ÿ!”

“Okay, if you please, I would like to have the purple jar.’

“āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻ†āĻ›ā§‡, āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ¯āĻĻāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻ—ā§āĻ°āĻš āĻ•āĻ°ā§‹, āĻ†āĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§‡āĻ—ā§āĻ¨āĻŋ āĻœāĻžāĻ°āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĒā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻžāĻ‡āĨ¤”

“Very well, you will have it.”

“āĻ–ā§āĻŦ āĻ­āĻžāĻ˛ā§‹, āĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦā§‡āĨ¤”

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
01.  Disappointed (adj)

02. Fascinated (n)

03. Argue (v)

04. Hurt (v)

05. Flash back (v)

06. Except (pre)

 

ā§Ļā§§.āĻšāĻ¤āĻžāĻļ

ā§Ļā§¨. āĻŽā§āĻ—ā§āĻ§āĻ¤āĻž / āĻ†āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻˇāĻ¨

ā§Ļā§Š. āĻ¯ā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ¨ā§‹/ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻŽāĻ¤ āĻĒā§‹āĻˇāĻŖ āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

ā§Ļā§Ē. āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻĨāĻž āĻĻā§‡āĻ“ā§ŸāĻž

ā§Ļā§Ģ. āĻ…āĻ¤ā§€āĻ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāĻ¤āĻŋāĻ° āĻĻāĻŋāĻ•ā§‡ āĻĢāĻŋāĻ°ā§‡ āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻž

ā§Ļā§Ŧ. āĻ›āĻžā§œāĻž, āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ā§€āĻ¤