Lowering my head I was standing in front of my grandfather. The tears were dropping from my eyes one after the other.
" Are you done? This is not the first time right"
He hit me with the stick at the back of my hands. My hands were shaking and due to the hitting my hands were sore. I was feeling dizzy and shivering non-stop due to the fright.
"you pluck fruits from Zalmi's farm. Don't you have a shame you are a girl and you should be at home learning stitching, cooking and handling the kitchen. you are old enough to know every thing.
Now go back don't show me your face again"
Grandfather was furious again, I don't dare to say a single word. My legs were stiff. my body was shivering, After my grandfather stopped yelling, I turned and ran towards the large yard. I hid myself behind the tree and tried to stop sobbing.
The yard was very large. The boundary was covered with large trees and bushes. There were two paths to enter the yard. I was bidding at the corner near the large wall. Birds were flying and twittering. There was a huge house in front. The biggest house in the village. The house was open from the front having a huge Hall. The more beautiful the environment was the more difficult it was to live in.
The two boys came running towards me. They were covering something in their clothes.
"Aansa here you are. Look we save some mangos for you". Umar said while panting.
" I believed you guys, you left me there along ".
I raised my head, glared at them with my red eyes. My eyes were red and swollen due to sobbing.
" Yeah! it was our fault, we shouldn't have left you behind. But can we do ,you were slow , you have small legs, you can't even run fast. Don't blame us. We don't want to leave you behind. But that bustard was running after us to catch us and then we forgot about you" . Yousaf explained .
"You forgot me. You forgot me. Am I a thing? " I shouted. I raised my hands which were having bloody marks due to hitting by the stick.
"You are both safe but I am beaten terribly by my grandfather . Are you both men ?? ".
Umar took out mangoes from his clothes and put them in my hands by saying " Just eat them. Don't cry. We will make it up to you. You didn't mention our names in front of Grandfather, so we owe you. "
"It's good you both know that ". I wiped my face with the hem of my shirt and sat down with both cousins and started to eat but my hands were still hurting. These duos always say the same thing . But now I Just want to enjoy sweet mangoes.