Extremely hurt by his families behavior towards him, he decides to walk out. Teen age emotions of a teenager, might cause hazardous results for the child as well as his/her family. When will parents understand this? Anyway,
He walks out the door wearing a normal blue pant, a t-shirt and a normal sandel with a 20 taka note in his pocket. He walks out of the area, walks out to the main road he has never been out to. He sees so many things. He watches as the police slaps a poor fruit seller and grabs his pocket and takes away the few taka he had. The kid feels horrified at such inhumanity. Feels so angry to be helpless and unable to run up and help the poor fruit seller. Feels hurt to see he has 20 taka in his pocket but that is the last bit of money he has for the coming days in God knows where he will be, and that he cannot give any money to the poor guy.
He walks on, walks past the slums of the airport. Watches a bunch of guys all sitting around smoking and drinking something in the midst of the slums. He watches with horror as one of those bad looking guys grab a girl of the slum by the arms and takes her inside the little hut. He stops, trying to understand what is going on. He watches with horror as another guy walks in the hut and he hears the cry of the girl as he catches a glimpse of her being stripped off her clothes by force, by the first evil man. He feels horrified and runs back not knowing what to do or how to save the girl from crying or getting beaten. He runs and runs back to where he saw the policeman. He finds them at a tea stall drinking tea. He runs up to them and tells them, "Sir, please hurry! Some guys over there in the airport slums are hurting a girl." One of the policeman looks at him and yells at him, "tor boin lage?" He says "no." "tor ma lage na tor magi lage?" The Teenager is shocked. He says no again. "taile ja bhag. Ei rokom daily 2 ta 3 ta hoi. Naile magi gula line e thake na!"
He stands there horrified at their reply, not knowing what to do, what to say.
A few minutes later he walks away from there, hurt to his soul at these horrific incidents. He walks on thinking this is humanity? This is my country and it's people? He walks on and on through the roads not knowing where he wants to go as he has no destination. He feels sick to his stomach by peoples attitude and the harsh life he has just seen. The burning sun falls towards the west and the weather seems to cool down a bit. Tired from his long walk he looks around him and finds some trees and a little clearing on his left. He goes through the half broken gate and sits down on the trunk of a tree. He sits thee idly as so many poor beggars and day laborers come through the gate and vanish into the trees. He assumes there must be a illegal slum here somewhere. He sits there and soon starts to drift into sleep, suddenly when he wakes up to a little voice. He opens his eyes to see a little girl of 5 or 6 standing before him. The little girls asks him "sir, sara din khai nai, 2 ta teka den na sir?" The girl must have thought he has money looking at his dress and sandels. He feels numb as to not knowing what to do. He had only 14 taka left as he ate 2 singara and one cup of tea during the day time. Still he didn't know what lies ahead in his fortune as he never wants to go back home and he has only 14 taka in his pocket. He feels greatly shamed as he lies to the girl.....Stand here, let me get change from the cigarette seller. I'll be back. He takes off feeling shamed to his last core that he cannot give 2 taka to a little girl who is the same age of his younger sister who has not eaten a single thing the whole day. He walks on for a minute and thinks to himself! This is life? How can God be so cruel? He has always heard God is merciful and kind and so much more. Now his own observation is contradicting with what he has learned and believed so far. Were those all lies which his teachers, his parents, his grandparents have taught him? If those were true then what he is watching can these be lie? Is he gonna be the same as the all the others and just walk away from the little girl?
NO! He decides as he turns back! He is not gonna be like the rest of those human named beast. He runs as fast as he could, thinking how the girl would smile happily when he gives her the whole 14 taka's! He sprints to the place and stops with a shock. His heart pounds in his chest as he watches the empty tree trunk. The girl was gone. He stands there totally numb, tears sliding past the eyes. The little girl whom he gave words that he will be back was gone! He just stands. He stands there silently..................
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