«Grandma, is this girl in the mirror nice?»
«Sure, honey, she is You are a very sweet girl, Martha», confirms her grandmother.
But Martha wants to be even prettier. First of all she puts her hair up and pins it up with a fine hairpin. Now her hair is beau-tifully embellished.
Martha looks back into the mirror again. What else can she do to look even prettier?
Oh well, recently Marthas mother has given her a new jewellery set. Sure, it will go well with the dress. From her bag Martha takes out a colourful necklace, a bracelet and a couple of ear clips. She puts the bracelet on her wrist, fastens the necklace around her neck and the clips to her small ears.
«This jewellery is absolutely charming. Grandma, how do I look now?»
Martha glimpses coquettishly at her grandmother.
«You look very pretty, darling. This jewellery is really charming and suits you perfectly. But why have you dressed up? Are we having a party today?» wonders Marthas old grandmother.
«In our house we dont have any parties, but outside we do. Grandma, its such a lovely day today. Our flower garden is splendid. Some happy music is playing out there, as if there is a party.»
«In summer our neighbors have music parties every day,» points out the little girls grandmother.
«But this music is so beautiful. And if everything around is so beautiful I must be beautiful too, right?»
Looking for friends
Martha is walking in the garden. She is bored and looking for someone to play with. Finally she sees a kitten called Wilhelmina lying under a bush. Martha likes Mina. She is the prettiest among her pets. Mina has a grey body, a white neck and black paws. Whats more, Mina loves playing. Martha thinks shed like to run a race with her. But Mina is sleeping. So, Martha has to wake her up.
The girl goes up to Mina and starts gingerly talking to her. «Mina, Ive got a beautiful dress on today. Look at me please.» Martha is jumping around, flaunting her new dress in front of the cat. But Mina isnt interested in Marthas dress. She isnt even looking at it.
Well, Martha knows how to wake Mina up. Shes got a necklace, a bracelet and ear clips. She can show them to Mina. Sure they will suit the cat.
Martha throws the necklace around Minas neck, puts the bracelet on her paw and fastens the clips to her ears. Mina looks really charming with the jewellery on.
Martha is excited: «Mina, this jewellery suits you so much! You can wear it if you like. Now can we play together?»
But Mina doesnt care about her look. She still hasnt opened her eyes. However, the cat has raised a paw warning Martha:
«Martha, you are troubling me.»
But Martha doesnt notice the warning. She only thinks about how to wake the cat up. Suddenly an idea comes to her mind: «A tidbit! If I give her a tidbit, she will be up. So I have to find something tasty right now.»