Play of imagination - part II

It is a hot day, the sun is shining, and there is almost no shadow. She has spent her day with her family at home. Usually, when she doesn’t go to school, she just hangs around, plays with her dogs or walks though the fields where her father is harvesting.

Today is different; it is a special day for the family. They are celebrating her mother’s birthday. To prepare the celebration, her father sent her out to look for some berries. The heat didn’t disturb her, she went joyful through the fields, to the woods. She climbed up the hills and looked for berries.

On her way back she met too strange looking people. They were taller than her dad, much taller than she was. And they had a strange face. She had seen some of them already, but usually they were on motorbikes or in busses. But these two just walked around like her.

She was curious; she wanted to know more about them. But she didn’t speak any foreign language and she also was a little afraid. What were they doing here? She didn’t know how the world out of Laos looked like but she was sure that there were so many other places to see. So why were they here?

What were they doing in their real life? She meant, when they were not in Laos? Were they also farmers like her dad? Or maybe dressmakers? She knew the village’s dressmaker; he always looked so busy, although there weren’t any dresses to make. But sometimes, foreigners came and bought some of his clothes.

Oh she had so many questions and she was so curious. How did it look like at their place? Was it different?

She promised herself to work hard and go to the place where the two foreigners were coming from. And then she ran to her parent’s place to deliver the berries. She was happy now, it was an exciting day.