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facilities. They never knew what wifi   the family agreed. But the whole
                                      is or what internet is.” “That must be   village was against it, because it has
               No dear they           really boring without having to play   never happened before. Her city life
                                      games and watching videos and all”
                                                                             changed her life too. She thought the
               don’t have such        said Adhi very disappointedly. “No     village was boring there was no much
               facilities. They       that is never a boring thing. It was   entertainments in there and it was
               never knew what        the most peaceful time for her when    a scheduled lifestyle. In the city she
               wifi is or what        she sat at the garden”.                can go out to the malls the cafes the
                                                                             parks and even sit home and surf the
               internet is.That          “But one day some of the people     internet.”
               must be really         from the city came to visit the village.   “Isn’t the city life beautiful. I am
                                      They said that they are starting
               boring without         something on the land and everyone     glad she understood that. And what
               having to play         can benefit from their upcoming        happened?” As always the impatient
               games and              project. There was a young lady        Adhi wants to interrupt with

               watching videos        officer among them and the farmer’s    questions. “That is what she thought.
                                                                             She brought her parents to the city
                                      daughter was curious to know about
               and all. No that       the lady. Taking up the full courage   she found a good job and even got
               is never a boring      she met the lady and started speaking   married to a handsome man and had
               thing. It was the      to her. And that is when she came to   two children. Eventually she forgot

               most peaceful          know that if she studied hard she can   about the village. And her parents
                                                                             too was adapted to the city life. They
                                      become a successful woman like the
               time for her when      lady officer. She talked to her father   never thought of the village until they
               she sat at the         and told she wants to study at the     found the greenery in the city was
               garden                 village school. Not every single child   disappearing and the air was getting
                                      studied there some did and some        polluted. That’s when they found out
                                      didn’t. But due to her stubbornness    their village is no more a village but
                                      her father agreed and enrolled her to   a wasteland. Now she and her whole
                                      the school. She was a bright student   family cannot go back to where they
                                           and scored really high marks.     actually belonged.” “That is sad. It
                                                   And she wanted to go      would be not so boring to live with
                                                    to college. But for that   some green around right? But mom
                                                    she should leave her     you never said the name of any of the
                                                      village and go to the   characters. What is a story without
                                                         city.” “Mom did     names?” Asked Mahi. I wanted to say
                                                            her father       that was my life story and I am the
                                                               allow to      girl. Your grandpa was a farmer. But
                                                                go to        I don’t want my kids to know that I
                                                                college? It   deceived my village. I smiled and said
                                                                would be     “some stories do not need characters
                                                             sad if he       names in them. They are better
                                                      did not” said Mahi.    hidden than revealing. Now go and
                                                      “At first her father   play I have things to do.” I wish you
                                                       did not. But later    both be happy in this city and not
                                                       everyone in           live like a regretted life that I have







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