The American explorer William Kirdy was returning from an expedition. When he reached Hudson Bay, he met a Red Indian woman lying on the ground exhausted, covered in blood and wounds. The explorer had her wounds bandaged and took care of her and then asked her about herself.
The woman was hundreds of miles away from her tribe. Her tribe was at war with another one and she had had to emigrate. She later became exhausted and had to remain behind with her son.
“How about the wounds?” asked the explorer. “No doubt, you were wounded in the war?”
“Oh, no,” she smiled faintly. These wounds are self-inflicted.” She looked at a fishhook beside her. “Just before you came, I took this flesh from my arm to fix it in the fishhook.”
The explorer was incredulous, but the woman continued her story.
QUESTION
- What did she further say?
- What is the implication of this story?
ANSWERS
- “I have been hungry for the past three days. My breast is completely dried-up and the baby is about to die. What could I do? I tore some flesh from my body and put it on the fishhook to try to catch some fish so that I could nurse my child again.”
- All mothers are like the one in our story. They go to any extent for the sake of their children. The sacrifices that mothers make, can never be compensated even if we serve them our entire life.
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