Time passes

It was chaotic in the Nenak village, some villages were fighting among themselves it's cold dry winter, the ground looks bad, the land that use to be fertile seems like a dry barren land. Nothing seems to be growing now. When wind blows the wind carried loose sand like in dessert.

"How dare you killed my cow" a middle-aged man angrily shouted at the young man infront of him who was being hold by group of young man trying to control their fight.

"If it's your cow then why did you left it near my farm, it ate my vegetables i have grown there, don't you know the land is not growing anything if you let the cows eat whatever is grown, then what shall we eat, if we don't get food then I shall Kill and eat your cows" shouted at the elderly man.

Elderly man trying to look as calm hide his uneasiness then shouted again "let's go to Headman lets make them take up the matter and settle", young man feeling favours going against him, and villagers old, young, man, woman and children gathering in large number feeling that he have to show his humbleness towards the elder man and getting bit frightened by the crowd knowing that they would surely take his side because of scarcity of food going on at this times, said, "ok I'll pay for the damages but you too have to consider that my cow too was killed by you, i don't want to fight I'm showing my respect to you".

Elderly man getting hesitated for a moment wanting to speak but looking at the crowd he just nodded and walk out of the circled form by the villagers.

Reaching home an elderly man getting furious saw a child playing infront of his house, he kicked his shoe which directly hit the girl child's back and shouted, "Don't you have work at home playing infront of my way, eating free food you useless child and your useless mother, you people prick me ugly people get out of way, bring my shoe back right now".

The child afraid hurriedly run and pick up a shoe and got the shoe to its master. Wearing it back the elderly man just pull the girl child ear and said, "don't dare show your ugly face when I go out of my house and when I get back do you understand?". The child just 7 year old nodded her heart with tearfully.

She just walk slowly back to the house and saw her mother whose name was Jimjim washing clothes tirelessly. She stand there watching her silently afraid to disturb. Her mother was busy washing she didn't notice her child watching her work. She was racing against time to finish her work fast. The sun was setting she have to finish washing, she have to cook, so many works to be done. Everyday she work like that there's no tomarrow.

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