The Mango Tree (Part One)
In a small town, there was a small house in which lived a young
Oman, his wife, and the young man's sister. This small house had a
small garden at the back in which grew a small mango tree. One
day the young man's wife came to him and said, "Look here,
I'm fed up with our situation. Your sister ..."
"Have you come here to complain about my sister again?"
"What can I do? I know it's quite useless ... My complaints fall
on deaf ears, anyway... I'm just ... so angry with your sister. I get
up early in the morning, draw water from the well, light the fire in
the kitchen, cook breakfast, wash and scrub pots ..."
"Don't go on," said the brother. "I've heard it all before."
"And what does your lazy sister do all day? Nothing ...
nothing ... she lolls about in the garden, watering her mango tree,
talking to it, clearing away dead leaves, and feeding it manure
and mulch ..."
“That isn't all she does. She comes in and talks to me. Just an
hour ago, she was playing chess with me."
"Just because she adores you, doesn't mean you should ignore
her faults. You must tell her to leave that ... silly mango tree alone,
and come and help me with the housework. I really think we should
marry her off. That might teach her to be more responsible."
Since the sister was of marriageable age, the brother could
not really object. He knew though, that he would miss her very,
very much.
A marriage was arranged.
Why did the young man's wife complain to him?
What does the writer mean when she writes that the marriage
was arranged?
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the woman complained to him because she got tired of doing work alone everyday so she complained
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