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Article: Maya's Indian bread.(Short story)
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- Highlights for Children
- Article date:
- November 1, 2007
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Maya shook the water droplets from her hands and called to her grandmother. "Dadima, I'm ready to learn to make chapatis."
Maya pulled out two small mixing bowls--one for Dadima and one for herself.
Dadima came into the kitchen. "Ah, I remember when I made my first chapati in India," she said. "Just do what I do."
Dadima measured one heaping cup of chapati flour and poured it into her bowl. Maya scooped a heaping cup of flour, but some fell to the floor.
"Oops," whispered Maya. She dumped one not-so-heaping cup of flour into her bowl.
Dadima smiled. "Don't worry."