THE NECKLACE

                                   

            Once upon a time there a husband and wife. They were living happily. Husband’s name was David. And he was a clerk. And his wife’s name was Mathilde. She was a homemaker. They were living happily.One day David brought a letter. He jumped with joy . His wife was shocked and asked him the reason. He gave the letter to her . And she opened . She asked what is this ?. He told  were going to a minister’s meeting. Hearing  this suddenly she started weeping loudly . 

           

            David asked the reason. She told that she had no dress to wear in the minister’s meeting. He like guns very much. He also saved RS :500 to buy a gun for him . He thought for a while and told for how much do you want to buy a dress. She told that she want to buy the for RS:500 . For the wife’s wish he sacrificed  the gun  and bought a dress for her in that rupees. 

          

           After buying the dress again she started crying. David asked the reason .And she told that she had no ornaments to wear to the minister’s meeting. They had no money to buy. In that time David remembered Mathilde’s friend Loister. He told her to borrow some ornaments from Loister her best Friend who was a rich . Like that Mathilde also went to Loister’s house . Loister welcomed her and asked how are you my dear Mathilde?. 

          

          Mathide told about the minister’s meeting . Loister told don’t worry my dear Mathilde and she also brought a box to her. She opened the box and told to choose any one of the ornaments.Mathilde was confused to choose finally chosed a diamond necklace. She thought that Loister will be angry and she will not give that . But Loister agreed to take that necklace. 

         

          The next day David and Mathilde went to that minister’s meeting . All of them’s eyes in the minister’s meeting were in the necklace . After sometime the meeting ended .All of them went to their home. David and Mathilde also went to their house.In the way by the diamond necklace missed . After coming to their house only they noticed that. 

         

          They were afraid and they started searching it where and all they went , but they could not get it. So they decided to buy another necklace like that. They borrowed money many of them who and all they know . So they shifted their house to a very very small house and they also stopped servant for their house.            

          David and Mathilde went to a jewellery shop and saw many necklace but they could not see the necklace like that.Finally they found a necklace same like that. And asked the rate to the shopkeeper.He told that it was forty thousand.After a great struggle they bought it for thirty six thousand and next day Mathilde gave it to Loister.Now they were very poor. 

         

         David worked hard to pay the borrowed money and Mathilde was bored to do the household works and her hands become very red. Soon she became very old compared to her same age women. Three years rolled off.One day when she went to walk, she took rest .She saw Loister near her.

         

         Loister saw Mathilde and was shocked.She asked what is this my dear Mathilde.Mathilde cried loudly and told about the necklace. Loister laughed and told that her necklace was not a real one it was an artificial.It cost only five hundred rupees.

-R.L.Srinidhi

Author: Guy de Maupassant