Kathy looked at her new room’s white walls.“they’re so plain.”“don’t worry,” dad said, “if you don’t like them, we the walls any colour you like.”“do you want pink? ” mum suggested. kathy her head. “no, pink is either for or for silly girls who like barbie dolls. i’m neither of those.”her parents smiled but / anything.“but what colour to choose? i wish we ask a designer for professional advice,” said kathy.“oh, no! it’s out of the question! ” said kathy’s mother, firmly. a designer’s advice is much than we can afford.”“ok. it was just an idea.”“getting back to the wall colour, why not make your room yellow or orange? ” dad suggested. “when the walls in those colours, the room will look cheerful.”“yes! ” kathy definitely liked the idea. “we’ll make three walls yellow, but the one will be orange.”the next day, when kathy came back from school, her dad said: “look what ” there were paints and brushes on the floor.“everything’s ready for us to start.” he smiled and handed kathy the brush.​