My home town is a very very small and isolated village from cities in Korea. There are all moutains around the small village. Buses came just two or three times a day to the village and took passingers to a small city. No family had a car in the village when I was a middle school student. We often went fishing with my brothers and friends holding torches in summer nights. One day, my friends and I went to pick and steal watermelones which were one of our neighbor's.
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Actually, the neighbor was another my friend's mother. She got angry after she found us at her watermelon field and ran after us. It was really hard for me to run away from her because I brought my 5-year-old younger brother who couldn't run fast. However, we escaped barely from her after several times hiding and finally we arrived my house. We gave a sigh each other and took a rest in the house. After a while, we could listen to the my friend's mother's talking from outside, so we got scared. She told to my father about the incident that we stole her watermelons, and she went away. After that,I really felt guilty and I didn't do any stealing thing. Now,I can recall that my father naver had told nor scolded me about the incident.
I am a mother of two children now. I don't know exactly which reaction is better for my chlidren when they do bad things. Anyway, punishing them might not be the only solution.
I'm finding out a lot of new things about you this semester. I would never have guessed you were a watermelon thief! It sound like you had a beautiful and peaceful childhood. Did you appreciate it when you were little, or did you dream of moving to a big city?
ReplyDeleteI really dreamed of going any big city at that time, but I think living in a countryside in my youth might be better than living in a city.
ReplyDeleteI think village life is better than a city life. It is more peaceful and your village sounds like fun.It had moutains around like a dream house.
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