Shans at home . me thecaretakers of the house, the guardians of the homeand garden. They spend much time in sweeping thefloors of the nearest monastery, an easy task, as theschoolboys have already swept the whole place inthe early morning—old women often use brushes ofpeacocks feathers. The sweeping is rather a pre-tence, but they like to feel that they are helpingto keep the holy place clean. They also carry awaywithered flowers, arranging fresh blossoms, filling thevases with water. Sometimes flowers are arrangedand rearranged many times in the day by one oldwoman after another; clean water
Shans at home . me thecaretakers of the house, the guardians of the homeand garden. They spend much time in sweeping thefloors of the nearest monastery, an easy task, as theschoolboys have already swept the whole place inthe early morning—old women often use brushes ofpeacocks feathers. The sweeping is rather a pre-tence, but they like to feel that they are helpingto keep the holy place clean. They also carry awaywithered flowers, arranging fresh blossoms, filling thevases with water. Sometimes flowers are arrangedand rearranged many times in the day by one oldwoman after another; clean water is thrown out ofthe vases, more clean water being added in a whollyunnecessary way; but no one objects, and each oldwoman feels that she is an important factor inkeeping the place clean and beautiful. Young womendo the hard work of the house, but there are manylight tasks which old people can do, so they knowthat they are still useful members of the can watch the fire, and see that the sticks do 86.
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