Learning to Read...

Man was I mad that first evening.  The nerve she had to be surprised that I couldn't read.  Embarrasing me like that in front of everybody.  How do you expect someone to learn everything when they have to be in the fields day and night!?  I shouldn't be angry.  Koly meant well.  Look at how all turned out.  Now I can read.. well, still learning of course, knowlege has no end it seems.  I am glad Koly is willing to help.  I have no idea where we found the time, but I sure am glad we did.  Now I am able to read those new books and the Agriculture Almanac that the man from the ministry was talking about. I no longer wait on his every word, I  find things out myself.  It is wonderful!  Now I can read Tagore myself.  Read this last night:

The Gardener

by Rabindranath Tagore

If you would have it so,
I will end my singing.

If it sets your heart aflutter,
I will take away my eyes from your face.

If it suddenly startles you in your walk,
I will step aside and take another path.

If it confuses you in your flower-weaving,
I will shun your lonely garden.

If it makes the water wanton and wild,
I will not row my boat by your bank.