Time was as usual. It continued as before, same war was around his village, people were almost depressed of their work. He was leaving alone in the nearby riverside. His main occupation was to collect the woods and grasses from the nearby forest and sell it in the nearest town. But now time has totally changed the war was begun and it has been long time he was dependent only on the river fishes and vegetables around his house. The forest area was prohibited as the revolutionary groups were living there. Long time ago, they had declared to villagers not to go near forest area as they may shoot them thinking as spy so no one further went over there. Moreover others difficulties were too there. Villagers were forced to give half of their earning to revolutionary groups to help them otherwise they were force to join into their armies. Villagers knew that the life in the revolutionary group was to live only for a day happy and all others day with a hope to die the next by killing other enemies. So they choose to leave to share half of their living.
The man had not much land for farming but also he used to give half of his earning with a cheerful smile. He always had a hope that one day war will end and further he will again start to do same old job. This was only the hope for which he was living. But tragic was it, revolutionary groups were struggling a harder time so they needed more army to flight in the war and now they started to demand one man or women from each family was compulsory. The man was only person living alone in the village who was just 18 years. Though he was small but was intelligent and very honest in his work. He hates the war fight. He was requested many times to join the liberal group but he always denied saying that he would love to help them by providing them food and shelter rather than joining them.
The rain was heavily started to fall and the water level in the near river was rising. The climate was changing. Thundering and lighting continued the whole day and night. The boy never thought of the day. The river flooded, his house was swept away destroying the land area. The only property he owes was a small home near river side where he had been living there since his parents died. That too was now swept away by river.
The boy didn’t weep. He thought it was to happen so it happened. He believed that there was a god who controls this system. He was there who always does for good. Everything happens in favor for each other’s. So he decided to build another small cottage near the forest area. For that he needed help form revolutionary group. The only thing was to request a small part of land from them for which he have to pay 1-3rd of his earning. He spent his night over the branch of the biggest tree, waits for the next day to come. He looks over those twinkling stars and thundering sky. His body was shaking.
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