New Life

Once upon a time there was a small house in a small village. In the small house a girl named Makara was dreaming about her parents. In her dream her parents were still together. In her dream she was a small baby and her parents were talking about what to name her

“She is a beautiful baby” Mum said.

“We should name her Makara, are you agreeing?” Dad said.

“It’s up to you”. Mum said.

When Makara awakened she was crying because when her parents divorced they left her with her poor grandma. Their house was very small, dirty and smelled all the time because the house was near the garbage dump. They didn’t have enough food to eat or even fresh water to drink.

To make money Makara had to pick up garbage along the street or in the dump. Makara walked along the rocky street while rain beat down. Her dirty jeans and faded green T-shirt were soaking wet. She saw a beer can next to her and she hooked her stick into the hole of the can and dropped it into the empty rice bag she carried. When it was full of plastic, glass, bottles or pig rice she would sell it to people who wanted it. Makara would some time fight gangsters who tried to take stuff or money from her. The title money Makara brought home all when to her grand ma, so she could buy them food.

Makara dreamed that one day she would go to school, she told her grandma

“Mum! Can I go to school?”

But grandma nodded her head and said, “Oh dear, I know exactly what you’re thinking but I just have no money to play for school”.

Suddenly, her eyes began to tear up and she started to cry.

One day when she was picking up garbage at the garbage dump and the

Smoke was burning her eyes she stopped pocking up for a moment and stared. She saw a figure walking toward her out of the smoke. A shining angel asked her

“Hey child! What are you doing?” Makara was too astonished to answer, she tried to say something but all that came out was “I…..I….. Ur….” This mysterious person told her to calm down and asked her many questions that related to her life .she told him about everything and he said “I am here to help you, I will take you to a place where you can learn and be happy ’’ Makara knew that he was good person, because of his behavior. She took the shining angel to her house and he asked grandma for permission to take Makara to the new place. Grandma said “Yes” because she knew it was best for Makara’s future. As grandma said good bye to her, they both started to cry.

Makara left with the shinning angel he told Makara that his name was “Kemarak”.

When they arrived at the new place she was astonished by its beauty. There was a shining building, beautiful flowers and a green garden. Children and teachers walker around every where and smile was on every face. They came and said “Hello” to Makara.

A girl named Meta came up to Makara and gave her a tour of the orphanage. On the tour Makara saw the sleeping room, the class rooms and the cafeteria .they were all very nice. after this, Meta too Makara to have dinner. She was eating dinner with the other children.

It was the best food that she ever had. After, dinner Meta took Makara to the bed room and they went to sleep.

On the next day Makara began her classes. She started Khmer class at 8:00am and she began to learn how to read and write and then she went to Math class, English class, Science class and many others. She learned more than she had ever learned before.

The year went by and Makara continued to study hard she eventually made it to tenth grade and she decided she wanted to be a business woman. One day as she was studying in class Mr.Kemarak asked her to come to the office. She was confused about why he was doing this, but as she came into the office a familiar face was looking back at her with tears in her eyes she rushed up and gave her grandma a hug.

Epilogue:

Makara went on to graduate from school and she entered college at a broad. In college, she earned “A” degree in business and she started a real estate company. It became the biggest real estate company in Cambodia. And Makara found homes for countless Cambodians, but she save the best home of all for herself and her grandma.