Hunger
Esha Sarkar
"Oh! Mom, will we not go to cut paddy today?" asked the 5-year-old boy Chandra.
His mother replied," No dear, a disease has spread everywhere. If we go out then the disease will catch us. We have no money left to buy medicines if we fall ill." "Then how will we get food, mom?" Chandra asked innocently.
Seeing his mother being quiet, he suggested," Then let's go and pick some vegetables from the nearby forest and eat them by boiling." His mother told," No dear, neither can we go out, nor we can eat. We have to be dependent on the food distributed by the relief camps." Chandra replied, "But, I am too hungry, mom." "Okay, the relief camp will be distributing food tomorrow noon. Until then, listen to a story of a prince. So once upon a time......." Chandra's mother was just starting the story when Chandra said," Mom-mom!! Tell me the story of the Land of Food....., where there is no shortage of food."
