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Thimbles
by
David Wiseman
Catherine Aitken was very cross and very sorry for herself. Why should she
be the one to suffer? She’d done no wrong. It was her father. It was
he who had lost his job at the factory for being a “troublemaker.”
Why should she have to suffer for that?
Why did he have to be so active in the union, organizing the men, speaking
up for their rights? Why was it so important for him? She did not understand.
His work for the union was always getting in the way. He never
seemed to have time for her, and now, because of all the fuss about him and
his dismissal, she was being sent away.
He had been dismissed and because of it his fellow workers had come out on
strike in protest and the factory had closed. The town was divided and feelings
ran high.
Catherine resented it all, especially when a girl she’d thought of as
her friend turned on her and called her father a troublemaker. Catherine stood
up for him of course, but she could not understand why he persisted in his
stand, why he did not just go and get another job.
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