THE MATS
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- For my family Papa's, homecoming from his many inspection trips around the Philippines was always an occasion to remember. But there was one homecoming - from a trip to the south - that turned out to be more memorable than any of the others.
- Papa was an engineer. He inspected new telegraph lines for the government.
- THE MATS
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- Papa sent a letter...
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- I have just met a marvelous matweaver -a real artist- and I shall have a surprise for you. I asked him to weave a sleeping mat for every one of the family. I can hardly wait to show them to you.
- After a few days Papa wrote again...
- Mama read's Papa's letter aloud during the noon meal..
- I am taking the Bicol Express tomorrow. I have the mats with me, and they are beautiful. I hope to be home to join you for dinner.
- Talk about the mats flared up like wildfire...
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- I like the feel of mats.
- Oh, but this mats are different. They have our names woven into them. There is a different color for each of us.
- I like the smell of new mats.
- This mat had been given to Nana Emilia by her mother when she and Mr. Angeles were married, and it had been with them ever since. It had served on the wedding night, and had not since been used except on special occasions. Nana Emilia always kept that mat in her trunk. When any one of the family was taken ill, the mat was brought out and the patient slept on it, had it all to himself. Every one of the children had some time in their lives slept on it; not a few had slept on it more than once. The mat did not seem to age. It seemed to Nana Emilia always as new as when it had been laid on the nuptial bed. To the children it seemed as new as the first time it was spread before them. The folds and creases always new and fresh. The smell was always the smell of a new mat. Watching the intricate design was an endless joy. The children's pleasure at the golden letters even before they could work out the meaning was boundless.
- Emilia y JaimeRecuerdo
- That night Papa arrived....
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