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Chapter 3 - An Ordinary Day

"Where is the rope?" Thomas asked.

"Maybe over there… !" James turns around to look for a long tight rope which they use to tie around a tree and then pulled it down after they had cut down most of the tree trunk.

"Here it is!" Thomas finds the rope lying next to that tree which they were already cutting.

"Got it." James turns back.

Thomas ties the rope along that tree trunk and after that James grabs the rope along with him then they walks back a few steps and both of them pulled the rope with their full potentials, the tree finally falls down and both Thomas and James grabs back their Axes to chop down the fallen tree.

In the market place, two women, Rachel and Sinan, browsed through the stalls, examining the fresh produce and handmade crafts. They chatted with the shopkeepers, exchanging stories and jokes.

Rachel and Sinan were neighbors to each other and they would always go out together either it is fir shopping or just a walk around their neighbor.

"Hey, wanna go to that basket shop?" Sinan was pointing to a well known hand crafted products for households.

"Let's go, I haven't met Mrs. Jenkins for a while." Rachel added.

The shop was managed by a lady called Mrs. Jenkins, she had been handling the business for a long time, after she had returned back to her mother's place, after her marriage with Haron Worktton didn't worked out. She had been in that business for a long time.

Rachel and Sinan quickly enters Mrs. Jenkins shop and then looks around at all of the new products inside, there were shopping baskets, hats made of straw and even had fruit baskets and many more items.

"Hey. Rachel, Sinan, wanna buy something?" Mrs. Jenkins asked to them.

"Hey, Mrs. Jenkins! How are you doing?" Sinan asked.

"Great!" Mrs. Jenkins replied, "What about you?"

"Perfect!" Sinan replied.

"How's the business going?" Rachel asked.

"Not bad! Actually, had a good sale last week!" Mrs. Jenkins exclaimed.

"That's some kind of a good news!" Rachel smiled.

"By the way, where you have been?" Mrs. Jenkins asked, "Haven't seen you two for a few days."

"Actually, we weren't required to come to shopping for few days! My husband had actually brought a huge amount of goods few days back."

"Yeah! And I was out of town for few days along with my Husband. Actually, we were to visit his Grandmother, she was kind of sick for the past few weeks." Rachel replied.

Rachel was also rolling her eye's around the shop to look for some items, suddenly her eyes fall on a fruit basket kept next to her, she picks the basket with her hands and takes a good look at it.

"This is lovely, Mrs. Jenkins." Rachel gives a smile and starts admiring the basket.

Mrs. Jenkins standing behind the counter with a kind face, beamed with pride. "Thank you, dear. I made it myself."

"That's great!" Sinan added.

"Where did you learn this from?" Rachel asked.

"Yeah! This design is different from the previous baskets which we had brought from you!" Sinan added.

"Actually I learnt it from my Grandmother. She had taught me to make it when I was a teenager!" Mrs. Jenkins exchanged a smile.

"How much for it?" Rachel asked.

"That will 20!" Mrs. Jenkins replied.

"Beautiful product with fair price!" Rachel couldn't stop smiling, "You are great, Mrs. Jenkins!"

"Thank you very much! Dear!" Mrs. Jenkins exclaimed.

Meanwhile, back in Tonseff Junior High School, Matthew and his friends had already reached to their classroom and had grabbed their seats before their class teacher Mr. Johnson could enter.

Ethan still looks worried about the Math Homework. He looks around the classroom to ask the other students for help. His eyes fall on one of his classmates named Veyraun.

Veyraun Armet, a tall boy with brown hair and green eyes, looking at his other side at the other students. A light skinned guy with a round face, enjoying the chitchat of the other students.

"Hey, Veyraun! Have you done your Homework?" Ethan turns to him. Veyraun was sitting next to his bench.

"Maybe or may not!" Veyraun replied.

"Just reply in one word, don't confuse me!" Ethan scolds him but in a low voice, so that other's couldn't hear them.

"No!" Veyraun replied back in just one word as asked by Ethan.

"Haven't you done it?" Veyraun asked him back.

"I have but, I am still confused with the answer." Ethan replies.

"Hey, can you give me your notebook?" Veyraun asked.

"Why?" Ethan asked.

"I just want to…!" Veyraun replies. He starts thinking of something, instead of answering to Ethan's question.

"You want to copy my answer?" Ethan asked him.

"Yeah! That's it!" Veyraun quickly agrees.

"Shithead!" Ethan shouts at him, "Here I am confused, if my answer is correct or wrong and on the other side, you just want to copy my answer!"

"Hey. Hey. Calm down man!" Matthew walks up towards Ethan and puts his right hand on Ethan's shoulder trying to stop him from shouting more at Veyraun.

"Hey, Matthew! Have you done your Homework?" Veyraun asked to Matthew this time.

"Get lost!" Matthew replies without hesitation.

"Come on man!" Veyraun added, "Give me your notebook, so that I could write down something for the Homework."

"That's not possible!" Matthew replied.

"Why it's not possible?" Veyraun asked.

"Simply not possible!" Ethan jumps in.

"You shut up!" Veyraun shouts back at him.

The three kept arguing over the Math Homework, while other's were having group discussions on various topics. While the students were chit chatting with each other, their class teacher, Mr. Johnson suddenly came up to their classroom.

He was standing outside the class door, till the students had sat down on their seats. Mr. Johnson's entry into the classroom marked the poster of silence in the class.

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