Farheen

I made a new friend yesterday… a talkative 5 year old, the daughter of my friend’s maid. Farheen confidently rattled off, “A for Apple, B for Ball, C for Cat, D for Doll…” She was in the first grade and had been learning the English alphabet at school, but she shyly admitted she couldn’t remember what M was for, and jumped from H to O in her enthusiasm. I doubt she knew what any of those words meant. It was just something she had been taught, and she had dutifully learned.

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The Teacup Skit

Yesterday my mother asked me to help her with a skit for her Sunday School kids. Her theme was “The Potter & the Clay”, and the first thing that came to my mind was the famous story of the teacup written by an anonymous author. So I quickly converted it into a short skit, and here it is… I thought it might be of use to someone somewhere.

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