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Fishes & Children

Dai, where are you coming from?_x000D_ "From the river, fishing."_x000D_ Catch any?_x000D_ "None"_x000D_ What are you going to do?_x000D_ "Go back tomorrow."_x000D_ What if you don't catch any...

Published16 September 2015
Reading Time 1 mins
Author Stories of Nepal
Location Nepal
Fishes & Children

Dai, where are you coming from?_x000D_ "From the river, fishing."_x000D_ Catch any?_x000D_ "None"_x000D_ What are you going to do?_x000D_ "Go back tomorrow."_x000D_ What if you don't catch any...

Dai, where are you coming from?_x000D_ "From the river, fishing."_x000D_ Catch any?_x000D_ "None"_x000D_ What are you going to do?_x000D_ "Go back tomorrow."_x000D_ What if you don't catch any tomorrow?_x000D_ "Then there is day after."_x000D_ Where is your village?_x000D_ "1 hours walk from here."_x000D_ How long to the river?_x000D_ "1 hour from here."_x000D_ So you travel 4 hours everyday to fish?_x000D_ "Yes almost. I return home fast when I have a descent catch because I am in a hurry to please my family. Other days I just return home slowly."_x000D_ What do your children say when you return with fish?_x000D_ "They become happy. They compare the sizes and gather around their mother until its cooked."_x000D_ How do you feel?_x000D_ "To see them eat full stomach, I feel at peace."_x000D_
_x000D_ _x000D_ (Karna Bahadur Kumal, Batdada 6, Arghakhachi)_x000D_ _x000D_
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