childhood of an orphan child by afsana

childhood of an orphan child by afsana episode 1

A little girl named Meri.After her birth her father is more happy then everyone else.Meri looks like a doll.The father was very proud of his daughter.Three months passed like this. Meri's father died suddenly in a road accident when she was only 9 months old.The shadow of grief fell on meri's life. Meri has an elder brother named Mahin.he is two years older than Meri.when their father died,the girl's mother,MERI and her brother became helpless.various mental and physical tortures strated on them in his grand father's house.At some point they decided to leave the grandfather's house and they moved to her Nana's house. After arriving there,meri's mother re admitted to the school to take the secondary examination,MERI and her brother were then looked after by her grandmother. after completing his secondary exam her mother moved to a city in search of livelihood.Mahin was admitted to an orphanage where he started studying.and MERI stayed with her maternal uncle home,who have a daughter of his own. by now MERI had learned to understand a little love, emotions,she is five years old, Compared to age her ability to understand emotions has become kind of nature may be responsible for this.she wants to play with Mahin to get her mother's love.which is like a dream for Meri. Her aunty used to do the households work with her,she was not allowed to eat properly.but MERI didn't think about it.Beacuase of his mother is not near her ,his feel lonely,and it's increaseind day by day.she hides herself from others and looks in surprise when someone say something.this is a deep vision whose language is not understood by everyone. Because there was lack of love ,and this is age is the most important for a child.it is the very important for it emotional development. Every day during fazr and Isha azan she reinvented herself.at the sound of azan all the pent up inside her came out as tears.meri spent her days in this ..... Meri's mother gets a job as a nurse in a hospital,she has one day off a week.sometimes goes to meet her son and some times her daughter on this vacation.meri would have been too sullen for the day .The day when his mother was supposed to come she get used to go here and there and bring different flowers, which his mother liked very much.she was very fond of the yellow melodious flowers.mere was so happy about eating or sleeping only thinking about when her mother would come. in fact little girl used to tell her the words of all the troubles in her heart in the form of stories. the mother listened attentively to her daughter and thought how to keep her close.because she was in a ladies hostel.so she often disappointed for this.she also feel lonely for her son and daughter. Once grand father told Meri to get ready, he will take her to her mother. Meri was very happy. Because she had never gone for a visit before, this was her first visit in her life. That too to her mother. It is very happy for Meri . It is not possible to look in the strong sun at noon. In the distance Mary's mother is seen coming towards them. Very happy to see Mary. The mother hugged her daughter and started crying. In the afternoon, the three of them had dinner at the hostel. Many days later Mary is eating at her mother's hand. She is asking her mother while eating why she does not stay with her daughter? She has no answer.Now it's time for Mary to go home. She has to leave her mother again. Both mother and daughter are crying hugging each other. Can this cry actually be tolerated? A small child has to leave his mother only for a living. Meri goes back to her uncle's house with her grandmother. her life struggle started there again. As each day goes by, Meri starts going to school.No one wanted to play with Meri because she didn't have good clothes. She always wore old clothes to school. The neglect of her uncle and aunty at home and the neglect of fellow students and teachers at school, Meri was becoming mentally ill. she often remembered her brother and mother. Meri's mother now decides to admit Meri to a girls' orphanage. And he admitted Mary there. Meri began to suffer more and more in the new environment. After some time Meri made a good friend there. Because there were all orphans. All come here from poor families, some have no parents!Meri came here and realized that her studies were very good. Because of which the teachers there started to like Meri very much. This is the first time Meri is getting love. Meri started to like staying in the orphanage.After staying there for three years, Meri's mother took Meri in with her. Now Meri is in fifth grade.Now Meri is very happy. Because this time her dream is coming true. The dream of staying with mother. But after going ther she started feeling alone again Doesn't a child need a mother to grow up? What does mental health need? Can't we let every child stay with its mother for at least a certain amount of time? So that he can spend his childhood happily just like other five boys and girls!