Summary of the story The blue bead.
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One day, Sibia, her mother and other women of the village went into the jungle to collect paper grass, to be sold in the market. All the women were wearing various colourful necklaces whereas Sibia had none. On her way she kept fantasising of having her own coloured beads to sew various necklaces, bracelets to decorate her thin, oil-browned figure.
The river is full of deadly crocodiles so the women make loud noises while crossing the stream because the noises scare the crocodiles away. They steep the Ghats or the banks of the river, collect the paper grass and return back to the village but Sibia lags behind intentionally to check the cave where she had kept her own handmade clay moulded cups and saucers to dry. While wandering around she sees that another woman has come to collect water in her Gurrah (pot). While doing so a crocodile rises suddenly out of the black water and grabs the woman’s leg between his sharp, uneven teeth.
The woman tries to grab onto a rock to save herself but the crocodile is too ferocious for her. Sibia throws her hayfork at the crocodile and it wedges right in its eye. Groaning in agony, the crocodile lets go of the woman. Sibia heaves the woman back onto the bank, away from the stream. She stops the blood by putting sand on the wounds and binds a rag tightly over the wounded area. Then she helps her to the near Gujar encampment from where the men carry her to a hospital.
Sibia goes back into the jungle to get her grass, sickle and fork. The fork was lying near a rock and while picking it up she comes across a pretty blue bead. She plucks it out of water and her joy knew no bounds when she saw that it was already pierced, ready for use. A happy girl, she was returning home. On her way back, she comes across her mother who’s searching for her. She scolds her for being late, as she was afraid that something wrong might have happened to Sibia. In answer, Sibia narrates what actually happened and shows her mother the blue bead. And with that it’s a wrap in the story.
THE BLUE BEAD.... SUMMARY
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