Sabina was in the kitchen. Her mother was not in the house, but Sabina wanted to make some soya luchi for her family. First she mixed some soya flour with some rice flour. Then she put some jute sticks in the chula and made a good fire. She picked up the pot. She wanted to put it on the fire, but smoke went into her eyes. The smoke hurt her eyes and she couldn't see. She dropped the pot and the sticks fell onto her feet. She shouted, "Help! Help! Fire, Fire !" Shahanara Begum heard Sabina and ran into the kitchen. She took Sabina outside and said, "Don't cry, Sabina. It's all right." Then she went back into the kitchen and put out the fire.
Sabina was not hurt, but she was frightened. She said, “I wanted to make some soya luchi, butthe smoke went into my eyes." Her mother said, "Yes, the smoke always goes into my eyes too. I want to change the chula. We'll make a new one. I learnt it at mothers' co-operative."
