Chapter 1 (English)

Since I was young, I have spent my time helping my mother as much as I can to give my family the best life possible.

My mother's name is Aura and she always takes care of us in the best way possible.

By us I mean my little sister Nima, my brother Ake who is the same age and me Jun.

Ake and I are twins, but whenever we ask our mother who was born first, she always says with a smile <"The pain at birth, was too strong, which is why I couldn't concentrate on anything and then unfortunately forgot to ask">

I know for a fact that my mother doesn't tell us the whole truth, because she doesn't want either of us to get sad. So we left it at that and agreed that we are the same age.

Ake and I are two different people.

Ake is very smart and has a lot of knowledge, which he has acquired by reading a lot of books.

The only problem is that at one point he won't get ahead, because we are a small village of 50 to 70 people, so we have nothing to support us children.

There are no schools, no doctors or even stores.

Here everyone has his own field, his own farm, here everyone has everything you need to survive.

But not more than that.

Normally, at a certain point, my brother would have to move to a city and continue his education.

The only problem is that my brother has been paralyzed since birth.

At least that's how he explained it to me <"I have damage in the central nervous system, which can cause me to paraplegia, brain damage, cerebral movement disorders (e.g. spasticity), multiple sclerosis, splitting of spine, Parkinson's disease, or paralysis. In my case, last one applies I got that from book 'Medicine for Beginners'. highly recommend that.">

Normally this is a situation to be pitied and I must also honestly confess that I have always pitied him a lot, but my brother does not know life without his paralysis, so he had told me more with joy and fascination than with sadness.

From that moment I realized that I should not pity my brother but appreciate him as he is.

My little sister Nima is 5 years younger than us and is the nicest little sister I know.

I have to admit that there are not many little sisters in the village, but I can't remember a bad situation with her.

It's almost like she is the perfect child and the perfect sister.

Nima is a very average girl, if you look away from her good-heartedness.

She is playful, likes to play with the children from the village and most of all she likes to imagine she is a princess.

Typical little sister.

The last member of the family is my mother.

My mother always took care of us as much as she could.

Even when we were always short of money, we had something to eat at the end of the day.

I didn't realize it when I was little, but the older I got, the more I realized that my mother didn't eat enough so we had more.

I started to say I wasn't hungry anymore, even though I only had half of my stomach filled.

No matter how hungry I was, I always left food, with the intention that my mother would eat more.

Of course, I had to get rid of the hunger feeling, so I was always drinking a lot of water.

I thought my mother would eat more now because I always left food, but one night everyone was sleeping except me because I wanted to see if my mother was eating.

When I opened my eyes slightly while lying down and trying not to get caught, I saw my mother take the food from me in her hand.

I was happy because I thought my mother has more to eat from now on and that made me forget my hunger feeling.

But instead of eating the food as expected, my mother wrapped the food and put it on the side.

As she did so, she said <"I'm glad there's leftover food lately. That way I can put on the side in case we're ever short of it.">

Hearing this, I unobtrusively turned around so that my back was facing her and tears were flowing like a waterfall.

I wanted to relieve my mother, but even if the reason was good, my food did not satiate her.

The next day, I decided to play with my cards on the table.

I went to my mother and said < 'Mother! I know exactly that you are not eating because of us. I know for a fact that you've been feeling worse lately because of us. So I have made up my mind. I'm going to start working. Harder than anyone else. I'm going to train, and I'm going to take it easy for the family, just like you.' >

I said this with such conviction, expecting my mother to apologize to me now for doing such a thing and not taking care of herself as well

Instead, my mom looked at me with a smile and took me in her arms <"I figured you were eating extra less lately to leave some for me. I just didn't know how approach about it since wasn't 100% sure. Thank Jun. am lucky have children like you, but your mother. It is my job take care of and not the other way around. want live a life any child worry anything time being. So don't worry">

I was very surprised by what just happened, but it only solidified my decision more.

< "I've already made up my mind though, mother. I can't sleep in peace if I can't help you. I also want to do something for our family so that not only us, but each of us can live well. If you want to forbid me, I will do it secretly. Besides, I have nothing to do anyway except play all day. So please don't stop me mother.">

My mother thought about it for a moment and agreed with me if she was allowed to choose the job.

Full of joy, I agreed, but that was the biggest mistake I could have made.