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Man's Story - Have Children - Sell Grain
This spring another girl is born into your family, your fourth child. You wish
that you could provide a little extra food for your wife and baby. Because of the
grain you sold to purchase fertilizer, your family food supply has dwindled to almost
nothing. Your children have not complained, but you can see that they are
undernourished. You and your whole family have had to cut back on rations.
On a trip to the village nearby to see your landlord, you come upon your own children among the many young ones rummaging through garbage dumps, gobbling up whatever they find that is edible, and searching through cow dung for undigested grain to eat.
You stop, sickened and angry by what you see and by your inability to provide adequately for your family. You wonder what to do about your children's behavior.
If you decide not to say a word to your children, continue your story here.