Short story: The Silk Scarf

1.Style:             fiction
2.Author:          Ahmed Essop
3.Setting:           the story tok place at Oriental Plaza, Fordsburg, Johannesburg
4.Summary of main charactors:
 Mrs nebo. She was a wife of Mr. Clive Nebo, the future foreign minister of South Africa. She was a rich lady. She was also a classy woman. Mr Sukur .He was a shopkeeper in the Oriental Plaza. He was also a very stubborn man.

5.Plot:
This short story started the wife of an important man, who caused a stir in the plaza by trying to buy a scarf with a cheque in a shop that did not accept them. One day Mrs. Nebo went shopping at the plaza with her friend Margaret. Mrs. Nebo was wearing her best dress with colours of pink and magenta. She was looking for a silk scarf to match her dress. When she  went into a shop, she saw one that she loved so much and wanted to buy it.It was a joy to her, unfortunately she did not have cash and the shop did not accept cheques. This was an insult to a wife of such an important man in politics. She tried to force the shopkeeper Mr. Sakur to accept the cheque, but he would not budge. A rule is a rule. Mrs. Nebo also put her foot down that she is not leaving the store without the scarf. This caused a commotion in the plaza. Other shopkeepers felt that Mr. Sakur should have made an exception for her, since she is the wife of the future foreign minister. The other shopkeepers, afraid that something might happen, had just decided to buy the scarf and gave it to the lady as a gift instead!