Short stories for English stories. Something about Martha. Ida Rodich

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      Martha is walking in the garden. She is bored and looking for someone to play with. Finally she sees a kitten called Wilhelmina lying under a bush. Martha likes Mina. She is the prettiest among her pets. Mina has a grey body, a white neck and black paws. What’s more, Mina loves playing. Martha thinks she’d like to run a race with her. But Mina is sleeping. So, Martha has to wake her up.

      The girl goes up to Mina and starts gingerly talking to her. «Mina, I’ve got a beautiful dress on today. Look at me please.» Martha is jumping around, flaunting her new dress in front of the cat. But Mina isn’t interested in Martha’s dress. She isn’t even looking at it.

      Well, Martha knows how to wake Mina up. She’s got a necklace, a bracelet and ear clips. She can show them to Mina. Sure they will suit the cat.

      Martha throws the necklace around Mina’s neck, puts the bracelet on her paw and fastens the clips to her ears. Mina looks really charming with the jewellery on.

      Martha is excited: «Mina, this jewellery suits you so much! You can wear it if you like. Now can we play together?»

      But Mina doesn’t care about her look. She still hasn’t opened her eyes. However, the cat has raised a paw warning Martha:

      «Martha, you are troubling me.»

      But Martha doesn’t notice the warning. She only thinks about how to wake the cat up. Suddenly an idea comes to her mind: «A tidbit! If I give her a tidbit, she will be up. So I have to find something tasty right now.»