Silver Frond

"Tell me, what will you say if the people at the Great House call you Egg Girl? "Egg Girl, come here, Egg Girl go there, Egg Girl, are your egg fresh?"

"My name is Silver Frond. I may be poor, but I earn an honest living. I may not be in school, but I am cleverer than any one of you. I may be poor, but everyone says I am prettier than any one of the Venerable One's granddaughters. There can be no comparison. We are like sky and earth."

"One day I, Silver Frond, will marry the richest man in the whole of Singapore. I will live in a house bigger than the Great House. The Venerable One will stand in front of it to admire it and I will invite him in, ask a servant to serve him tea and buns. The Venerable One's granddaughters will come knocking on my door selling eggs. I will say, "No, I have plenty of eggs already, but here's the money for them. I have enough money to fill your basket."