Analysis adapted from Anyplip on 18/01/2021 Posted by Masingi RP There used to be five of us and Mother, but now it’s just Mother, me and Aloo. Mother wanted to have a better future rather than work at the store. So one day, she closed the doors of the shop for good. Aloo, the youngest, was in his last year of school. He began to dream about going to America to further his studies. Aloo was very clever, perhaps the smartest one amongst the siblings. Aloo began writing to universities in America. Mother did not take his plan too seriously. Aloo was actually offered a place at our local university but they offered him to study agriculture. Aloo wanted to study medicine. Then one day, a fateful letter came for Aloo. The California Institute of Technology gave him a scholarship to study at their university. Aloo was over the moon. The three of us sat down at the table, drinking tea. Mother was silent for a while after she was told the news. “Mother, Aloo needs to only take four hun...
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