The poor woman bought a beautiful picture that caught her eye in the market place and her youngest son makes a life-changing suggestion.

Gazing at her newly purchased picture the widow sighed, “Oh, wouldn’t it be wonderful if we lived in such a place!”

The two elder sons school their heads and laughed.

“My dear mother, that’s only an idle dream,” said the eldest.

“Perhaps it might happen in the next world,” agreed the second son, “but not in this one.”

Only the youngest one comforted her.

“Why don’t you weave a copy of the picture into a brocade?” he suggested. With a gentle smile on his face, he added, “That will be nearly as good as living in it.”

This thought made the mother very happy. Right away she went out and bought all the colored silk yarns she needed. Then she set up her loom and began to weave the design of the painting into the brocade.

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“She Worked as If Possessed”