Life Is Sweet at KumansenuLife Is Sweet at KumansenuAbioseh Nicol (1924-1994)Abioseh Nicol (1924-1994)
Presented By:Ramesh PantBBM-18
Summary:Summary:
• There was a beautiful village in South Africa named Kumansenu.
• It was located in a beautiful landscape.• There lived a widow. Her name was Bola
with her seven years old granddaughter named Asi.
• Bola had a story in her youth.
……• She gives the birth of six sons but none of
them had survive.• When her last son died, then magician
named Musa advises her to break the bones of dead child and mangle it but she could not do it because of her great love to her son.
• Rather she put a black spot on the buttock of the sixth son.
……
• Time passed, she gave birth to another son, Meji.
• She looked at the buttock. really, there was a black spot in the exact place where she had marked in her previous baby.
• Anyway, the child did not die young. He mature, got married in 30 years old, and gave birth to a daughter.
……• At present, Meji was working as a clerk in
the city.• He was staying there with his wife.• One day, all of sudden the son appears in
the room in one of the evenings.• The old widow asked why he had been
there without information.• She wanted to call all the villagers to
welcome him.
……• But he rejects telling her that he has just
come to meet his mother and daughter. • His daughter went to meet him and saw that
her father had covered his neck.• Curious girl asked him why he had covered
his neck.• He replied that there was a wound in his
neck and hoped that she would not touch it.
……• Next day, Bola goes the market and Maji
takes his daughter Asi to visit mountain areas.
• He gives Asi a lot of things to eat and play.• In the evening, Bola, Meji and Asi visit the
grave of Maji’s father.• At night, The mother prepares food but the
son would not take it.• It was raining outside.
……• The son was standing in the rain.• The mother calls him inside but the son
replies that he had come there just to thank her because she did not cut his legs in the previous life.
• Then he disappears.• Bola becomes sad and surprised and
makes her plan to call Addai to inform this event on Sunday.
……• But Addai himself comes there on Sunday
and delivers a message of Meji’s death on Friday.
• Meji died exactly at 12 o'clock when the glass of the window broke down and his head had been severed as he had tried to peep out through it.
• Both Asi and Bola do not believe him because they tell him that Meji was with them on Friday.
……• Villagers think that Bola’s mind is out of
track because of shock at the moment.• Magician Musa tells her that this event
happened since she did not follow him. However, she fells happy on arriving her son and loving him too much.
InterpretationInterpretation• This story shows the power of love
between mother and children.• It also captures thanks of the children
towards their parents.• Mother’s love to her son or daughter is
immense and the reverse is also true.
……
• Bola’s love prepares herself to bear if even if the spirit of the sixth son come alive to mock her.
• We can also say that a dead person may come to meet his/her loving one.
Assimilation:Assimilation:
• After reading this story, I have understood how mother has a dream and love to their children. Still I have been missing my family for 1 years. But now I am going to visit my family on the occasion of Dashain to share love and affection.
The EndThe End
Mr. Ramesh Pant.
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