In the story maternity the miserable life of mikali touches everyone's heart. Narrate the story of mikali
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The question is asked from the story Maternity which is written by the story writer Lilika Nakos. In this story, the protagonist is 14 years old boy whose name is Mikali who finds for a nursing mother to feed his little brother.
He used to live near a refugee camp. Nobody helps him but hates him as the cry of his brother disturbs the people there. A Chinese family comes to the rescue of Mikali and his little brother. The mother in that family feeds the little boy.
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I am Mikali, I am an Armenian refugee boy living in a refugee camp at Marseilles. I am a fourteen
year old boy. I always carry my infant brother on my back and wandering in the refugee camp in search of a
nursing mother to feed the baby. Our mother died after giving birth to my brother. I can’t go to work
because I have to look after his infant baby. I love my brother and love him with much affection. He always
trouble others by his incessant cries.
I thought that the women might take pity on my brother and breast feed him. No one came forward to
help and support me. I have no proper food, shelter and sleep. The baby is ugly to look at. He has an
enormous head and thin and shrivelled body. He has a swollen thumb too. The baby was crying all the time
and I knew that child was condemned to die out of hunger. So I felt alone and lost. Every one listened to the
cries of the baby with irritation. The howls of the baby doubled our miseries and hardships . They chased me
and sent him away threatening.
Then I wandered like a lost soul in the camp. I did not get any help from the refugees of the
Armenian camp and he received the same treatment from the Anatolians. Finally I met the Chinaman. I have
heard about the cruelties of the Orientals. But he was so kind to me. He took me to his home and there his
wife a loving mother nursed my brother. She gave him her breast milk and finally I got a real refuge and an
end to my misery.