Ma the storyteller

Ma was enterprising as a young girl. She would tell stories to her younger brother Omi and sister Chitu in exchange for a fee; and the fee depended on the length of the story. Two or three-day long stories were expensive. At times when Omi was able to pay for a 2 or 3-day long story, he would keep a vigilant watch and command ma to stop whenever he discovered that Chitu was hiding somewhere trying to listen in for free. He gave her the signal to resume only when Chitu was out of earshot.