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“Oh!” Sue exclaimed as she looked at the vine creeper. “Look, there is

still one leaf on the creeper. It looks quite green and healthy. In spite of

the storm and the fierce winds, it didn’t fall.”

Sue was glad as she announced that there still was one leaf on the

creeper. It appeared green and healthy. It hadn’t fallen despite the

storm.

“I heard the wind last night,” said Johnsy. “I thought it would have fallen.

It will surely fall today. Then I’ll die.”

Johnsy said that she had heard the winds the previous night. She had

thought that the leaf would definitely fall. She added that it would fall that

day for sure and then she would die too.

“You won’t die,” said Sue energetically. “You have to live for your

friends. What would happen to me if you die?”

Sue said that Johnsy would not die. She had to live for her friends. She

added that she would become lonely if Johnsy died.

Johnsy smiled weakly and closed her eyes. After every hour or so she

would look out of the window and find the leaf still there. It seemed to be

clinging to the creeper.

Johnsy smiled and closed her eyes. She was weak. After almost every

hour, she would look out if the leaf was still there or not. It seemed that

the leaf was stuck to the creeper.

In the evening, there was another storm but the leaf did not fall. Johnsy

lay for a long time looking at the leaf. Then she called out to Sue.

There was another storm that evening but the leaf did not fall. Johnsy

kept on looking at it and then she called to Sue.