Child labour
Disappointing though it might seem but it's true. Last Thursday, while going to my class I stopped by to buy a bottle of coke. Just then, a middle-aged man and a small girl stopped at the same shop. The man purchased certain things. The shopkeeper after packing them up handed over the bag.
The girl (who happened to be a servant) took it all though it was extremely difficult for her to take the load. When the man was about to pay for his purchase, he found that he did not have enough money. He expected to get a credit from the shop, but the shopkeeper refused to give so. Surprisingly, the man demanded the chain in the girl's neck.
The girl begged of him saying that it was the only thing left by her mother before she died. The man paying no heed to what she was saying snatched the chain, in the midst scratching her neck. She was bleeding. The man disposed the chain in the nearby shop and then paid for his purchase.
They left leaving me surprised.
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