Mary

When she was born, the moon of the sky smiled but her mother's bright face turned pale. She remembered her past and got frightened because being a girl was a matter of shame in her dark village; she had been neglected too in every sphere of life. She looked at the beautiful face of her daughter and tears flooded her two deep eyes. When her husband came to see them, she cried, 'Alas! I've given birth to a daughter. Let me flee taking her away.' He asked her smiling, 'Why? ' Her father-in-law came and asked her, 'Why? ' Her mother-in-law came and asked her, 'Why? ' She looked at their faces and said, 'Nobody loves a girl in this village.' Her father-in-law laughed and said, 'Time has changed. Now both a girl and a boy Are welcomed here equally.' She couldn't believe her ears. She again looked at their smiling faces. Her baby cried in hunger. Her mother-in-law said, 'Go you all. Let us care our baby.' The male left naming the daughter Mary.