August 04, 1989 • Page Image 52
…FICTION is now accomplished and the older woman and child sit sip- ping their tea, feeling pride and warmth. The older woman takes small sips of her tea, holding a sugar cube bet- ween her teeth, getting the sugar's sweetness. The child, not having mastered this Old World technique, drops her two sugar cubes into her cup and uses her spoon to mash the cubes until they dissolve. Then she, too, sips her tea un- til it is finished. Finally they ...…

















































