In the modern world everybody is busy. Men and women go to their respective places of work and children have to attend school or college. In such a state of affairs, it should not be binding on the mother to prepare meals or tea for everybody every time.
Sometimes, she may not be having enough time and at another time, she may be too tired to do any work. Then, anybody who needs a cup of tea must help himself or herself. Such a situation arose yesterday in our house. Mother had just returned from office. She was dead tired. I had come earlier from, school because the school was off for the purpose of making preparations for a school function which was to be held today.
I took it not only a challenge to prepare a cup of tea for the first time in my life but also to serve one to my mother as a sudden surprise from me. I stealthily went to the kitchen. I lighted the gas oven with the lighter and put the kettle on after putting one cup and a half of water in it. As the water started boiling, I put a spoonful of dry tea leaves in it and also two small spoons of sugar.
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Then I put half a cup of milk in the liquid. As the mixture started boiling again and became brown in color, I held the kettle by the handle and poured the tea into two clean cups, through the sieve. I held one cup in either hand and went to my mother. She was surprised when I handed one cup of hot tea to her and then began to smile.