Season 1, episode 15
Mothers often need to have patience as children learn and grow. Nadia is mother to Luisa and Perla. Luisa loves her family and she loves to help. But sometimes her help causes problems for her mother. All is well, though, with Luisa hugs her mom and tells her, “I love you, mom.”
This simple story is told in the past tense and focuses on the words “listened”, “ran”, “wanted”, “said”, “responded”, “surprised”, “pretty”, and “love”.
I LOVE YOU, MOM
Luisa is 4 years old. Her sister Perla is only one. Luisa and Perla live with their mom Nadia and their dad Max.
Luisa likes her family a lot. She loves her mom, her dad and her little sister. She likes to read stories with them. She likes to play with them and watch movies with them. She especially likes to help them in the house.
Luisa helps in the house a lot. When her mom and dad talk, Luisa listens. For example, one day Nadia mentioned that Perla needed a bath. So Luisa decided to help. Luisa went to the bathroom and grabbed a towel and soap. Luisa filled a bucket with water. Then Luisa walked with the towel, soap, and water to Perla’s room. Luisa put the towel in the bucket of water with the soap. Then Luisa washed Perla. When Luisa finished, she called her mom.
Nadia listened to Luisa and ran to the bedroom. When she entered Perla’s room, she was very surprised and a little angry. Perla’s room was a disaster! There was water and soap all over the floor.
“Why is it a mess here?” Nadia yelled at Perla. “Why is there water and soap on the floor?”
Luisa looked at the disaster and ran to her mom. She hugged Nadia and then she said, “I love you mom. I just want to help.”
Nadia sighed. “I love you too, Luisa,” Nadia responded. “Now let’s clean this up.”
Another time Nadia mentioned that the family was going to an important event. She said that they were going to have elegant clothes and that they had to be very pretty. Luisa was very excited. She loved elegant clothes. Perla also had an elegant dress, although small.
The day of the event, Luisa observed her mom. Nadia was putting on makeup. Luisa thought that she also needed makeup to be pretty. So Luisa took her mom’s makeup. She went to Perla’s room. Luisa painted her lips and cheeks red. Then she put makeup on Perla. She thought they were very pretty and called her mom.
Nadia listened to Luisa and ran to the room. When she entered Perla’s room she was very surprised and a little angry. Luisa had used her favorite makeup and it was destroyed. Then she looked at Luisa with her big, red smile and Perla with her rosy cheeks. Luisa ran to her mom.
“Look mom, we are pretty like you!” Luisa said. Then she hugged her mom and said, “I love you, mom.”
Nadia sighed. “Yes, dear. We are very pretty,” Nadia responded.
Luisa wanted to do something special for her mom’s birthday. So in the morning she decided to prepare breakfast for her mom. Her mom likes to eat eggs. So Luisa grabbed two eggs. One egg fell and broke on the floor. Luisa broke the other egg in the pan. Then Luisa decided to prepare pancakes for her mom’s special day. She opened a lot of boxes and combined the ingredients.
Max, Luisa’s dad, heard the noise in the kitchen. He walked to the kitchen to investigate. When he entered the kitchen he was very surprised and a little angry. The kitchen was a disaster!
Luisa looked at her dad’s angry face and began to cry. “I just wanted to prepare a special breakfast for mom,” Luisa cried.
So Max helped Luisa prepare eggs and pancakes for Nadia. Max and Luisa walked to Nadia’s bedroom. Nadia looked at the delicious breakfast and she was surprised. Luisa ran to her mom and hugged her.
“I love you, mom,” Luisa said. “Happy birthday!”.
“Thank you, Luisa!” Nadia exclaimed and then she ate all the pancakes while Max and Luisa cleaned the kitchen.
One day Luisa was watching a television show. On the show, a boy made a panting for his mom. Luisa decided that she also wanted to make a painting for her mom. So Luisa grabbed paintbrushes and paint. Luisa worked on the painting for a long time. She painted and painted with red, blue, yellow, and purple.
Nadia was with Perla. She didn’t see Luisa. She didn’t hear Luisa. Nadia was worried. She decided to investigate. She wanted to see if Luisa was okay. When Nadia entered Luisa’s room, she was very surprised and a little angry.
Luisa was painting on the wall of her bedroom. Luisa painted three girls on the wall. One girl was tall, one girl was short, and the third girl was very small. The girls were in a red heart. Luisa looked at her mom. Then Luisa ran to her mom and hugged her.
“It’s you, me, and Perla. I love you, mom,” Luisa said.
Nadia sighed. “I love you too, Luisa. This is a very pretty painting. In the future, let’s paint on paper and not on the wall.”
The end.
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