last leaf
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- SUE and Johnsy, two young artists, shared a small flat. The flatwas on the third storey of an old house.Johnsy fell very seriously ill in November. She had pneumonia.She would lie in her bed without moving, just gazing out of thewindow. Sue, her friend, became very worried. She sent for thedoctor. Although he came every day there was no change in Johnsy’s condition.
- “Johnsy, it seems, has made up her mind that she is not going to get well. If she doesn’t want to live, medicine swill not help her.”
- .The doctor said “Johnsy, it seems, has made up her mind that she is not going to get well. If she doesn’t want to live, medicines will not help her.”Sue tried her best to make Johnsy take an interest in things around her. She talked about clothes and fashions, but Johnsydid not respond. Johnsy continued to lie still on her bed. Suebrought her drawing-board into Johnsy’s room and started painting. To take Johnsy’s mind off her illness, she whistled while working.
- ”Is anything worrying Johnsy ?”
- “No, But why do you ask?”
- Suddenly Sue heard Johnsy whisper something. She quicklyrushed to the bed and heard Johnsy counting backwards. She was looking out of the window and was saying, “Twelve!” After sometime she whispered “eleven”, then “ten”, then “nine”, “eight”, “seven”. Sue anxiously looked out of the window. She saw an old ivy creeper climbing half-way up the brick wall opposite their window. In the strong wind outside, the creeper was shedding its leaves
- “Twelve!”“eleven”“ten”“nine”, “eight”, “seven”“Six,”“They are falling faster now. Three daysago there were almost a hundred leaves. There are only five left now.”“When the last leaf falls, I will die,”“I have known this for the last three days.
- “What is it, dear?”“It is autumn,”“and the leaves will fall.”“Oh, that’s nonsense,”“What have old ivy leaves to do with your getting well? The doctor is confident that you willget better.”
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