The next morning Monu was sitting at one corner of the lawn while trying to come up with a way to crosss the wall of the nearest house. He thought of using the same solution as before but the soil outside is impenetrable and full of little thorny bushes. He could carry mud from this yard but that will be very difficult. He needed a better and more convenient way. He kept thinking.

His thought was interrupted with a scream. Monu recognized the voice immediately. It was Mother's. He quickly ran towards the scream and froze as soon as he realized what happened. Mother fell into the hole he dug. She was bleeding from few places.

Monu's brothers and sisters quikly helped Mother get up from the hole and took her to bed. Monu couldn't do a single thing. He just stood there.

"What have I done?" - Monu asked himself. The immense regret was eating him alive. His eyesight became hazy with all the tears.

Mother noticed Monu, standing outside the door.

"Come close, dear. Why are you standing there?"- She asked in a trembling voice.

Monu realised Mother was desperately hiding the pain.
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