Friday 23 October 2020

Yum is cross

 


Most mornings Yum and Dong would go down to the beach soon after the tide started going out, to check their fish trap. This day they hadn’t gone early as they talked about their husbands now they were both off hunting. Noticing that most of the other women had already gone they put their babies on slings to be rocked by their walking as they went down to the beach.

There were one or two women waiting to look for fish after Yum and Dong had taken theirs first. Already in the pool was a woman looking for fish and tossing them out on the sand nearby.


When the two friends arrived Yum handed Wah-Wah to Dong, strode up to the woman and hit and scratched her face. She told the woman to take the fish she had stolen and go and tell her husband to build his own fish trap as she was not allowed in this one anymore.

All the other women were scared and started to walk away but Yum called them back to look for fish for their families with her and Dong. Dong was amazed at how strong but fair Yum could be.   

Everything quietened down in the cave after Yum’s fight with the woman at the beach. The woman’s husband would have been cross with Dum had it not been the fact that Grunt and Dum did everything together as well as him knowing his woman was greedy. When he learned that Yum had given her the fish he didn’t see a problem. It wasn’t long though before the couple left the cave and peace was restored,


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12 comments:

  1. Ouch! Hey, ladies, come back!

    I would want the thief to fight back. It's going to be one hell of a show.

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  2. Well done Yum for standing up to the thief but also being kind to her by letting her keep the stolen fish. I love the way you bring these characters to life, Robin. Wah-Wah is a great name for the baby.

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  3. You make it all so alive and credible.

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  4. Even small fishing villages have their "real housewives". But I'm sure the village was happy to be drama free when they left.

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  5. loved the progression of the story. Yum would have made a good leader. :)

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  6. Yum sounds like the sort of individual who makes a community thrive. Good for him.

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  7. I admire your ability to transport yourself there and make it all seem real!

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  8. And another fine read about these fascinating characters.

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  9. Nice one
    Happy Sunday

    Much💛love

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  10. This sounds familiar. I have sisters who fought over food as well.
    These are great characters. My sisters? Not so much.

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  11. I almost see the characters as cartoons.

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  12. Feels so real. Not every cave dweller wants to make and live in peace.

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