Why were the women going toward the river? What were the dangers they encounter on the way?
The above question is from Treasure Trove Book - Blue Bead lesson
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She had husked corn, and gathered sticks, and put dung to dry, and cooked, and weeded, and carried, and fetched water, and cut grass for fodder, during her childhood.
(ii) She went with her mother, and some other women, to get paper grass from the cliffs above the river, which could then be sold to an agent, which would give them some revenue.
(iii) The women toiled for the whole day to earn themselves living by selling the paper grass to the agent. This agent would then arrange for the dispatch of the paper grass to paper mills.
(iv) Sibia carried a sickle and her homemade hay fork, with her, when she went with her mother to collect paper grass from the cliffs, and then sold it to the agent.
(v) Sibia could not skip work when she was on her way back from the cliffs since, at that point, her body would always ache with tiredness, and there was also a great load to carry on her back as well.
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