Irony of fate Story By Thiyam Ningol, Africa Who is it again this time? Mzee Hatibu wept. For the third time his grand daughter was pregnant again. Who on earth would think of doing this injustice to my grand child-he continued weeping. Zuhura was orphaned even before she was born. Her father died leaving her 7 months pregnant mother. Her mother died during the child birth. Mzee Hatibu with his blind wife brought her up. Zuhura was a child by age but she never knew childhood. Wet your hands to wet your mouth was the rule of life since her tender age. When other children were running around and playing, she was collecting dry twigs for firewood. She used to walk 2/3 kilometers on bare foot to fetch water. Her soles were stony hard and shining smooth from the long walks. The nerve endings on her soles were long dead-no pain, no heat, no feeling. She could walk with ease even on the roughest surface. Read full @ goo.gl/aRBxQY
Posted on: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 14:02:53 +0000
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