The Lion's Pride vol. 3 (Feb. 2015) | Page 6

“Yes grandma, because it’s magic, I like it!" I answered without any doubt. “Then why are you mad and why did you throw it away?” “I worked so hard but there were so many mistakes…” I almost cried, but my grandma still smiled and said, “Everyone makes mistakes, so do I, but if I had thrown my work away, then you would not be wearing that sweater I made for you. Come on, let’s play magic!” My grandma picked up the thing—a few knitted rows, oddly-shaped and dirty, with a lot of mistakes. Yes, that was what I knitted. “Look at me carefully, please.” My grandma drew out the needles and began to pull the yarn slowly. In about twenty seconds, maybe shorter, my ugly piece turned back into yarn again. “Wow!” That was the only word I could say at that time and I thought the yarn was really magic. My grandma patted me on the head and said, “I’ll give you another ball of yarn, but you have to promise, never to throw it away and keep this clean by yourself.” I nodded quickly because I was so eager to start knitting again. Unfortunately, I made a mistake again. I stopped and