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THE AFRICAN CHILD.
#WritcoStoryPrompt33
"It's a girl! "
The doctor gushed, placing the wailing infant on the woman's chest.
She heaved trying to catch her breath in the aftermath of her gruelling labour. Tears of pain mingled briefly with tears of joy before dissolving into tears of sadness.
She had once again given birth to a girl! Her third daughter. What would her husband and in-laws do to her now?...They had made sure to remind her that she was not to come back home with a daughter.She was lost in anguish thoughts as the doctor and nurses continued attending to her"'You must give birth to a boy this time.We have tolerated your daughters for so long now, ''said her mother -in-law."All of us have given birth to boys,what bad thing did you do that the ancestors are punishing you with girls?''Sneered her sisters-in-law."I am an African chief Incase you didn't know.You must give me an heir to the throne!"Boomed her husband.
Thirty minutes later,she was wheeled back to the ward.Lying in the cot across from her,the beautiful angel stirred from her sleep eventually crying and waking up her mother.The passing nurse on duty came by and passed the baby to her.Until now, nobody had come to see her because she couldn't get the courage to give them the news.She looked at the baby nursing in her hands and decided that she was the most beautiful child she had ever seen.Tiny hands balled into fists,small pink lips that she kept smacking with every pressure she released from feeding.Her hair long and curly,she closed her eyes and enjoyed her meal.She smiled at her sleeping baby and vowed to protect her with her life.
© Leen Queen.
"It's a girl! "
The doctor gushed, placing the wailing infant on the woman's chest.
She heaved trying to catch her breath in the aftermath of her gruelling labour. Tears of pain mingled briefly with tears of joy before dissolving into tears of sadness.
She had once again given birth to a girl! Her third daughter. What would her husband and in-laws do to her now?...They had made sure to remind her that she was not to come back home with a daughter.She was lost in anguish thoughts as the doctor and nurses continued attending to her"'You must give birth to a boy this time.We have tolerated your daughters for so long now, ''said her mother -in-law."All of us have given birth to boys,what bad thing did you do that the ancestors are punishing you with girls?''Sneered her sisters-in-law."I am an African chief Incase you didn't know.You must give me an heir to the throne!"Boomed her husband.
Thirty minutes later,she was wheeled back to the ward.Lying in the cot across from her,the beautiful angel stirred from her sleep eventually crying and waking up her mother.The passing nurse on duty came by and passed the baby to her.Until now, nobody had come to see her because she couldn't get the courage to give them the news.She looked at the baby nursing in her hands and decided that she was the most beautiful child she had ever seen.Tiny hands balled into fists,small pink lips that she kept smacking with every pressure she released from feeding.Her hair long and curly,she closed her eyes and enjoyed her meal.She smiled at her sleeping baby and vowed to protect her with her life.
© Leen Queen.
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