A New Idea

DACIANA

Daciana gritted her teeth in pain, as she dragged the large pail of bucket out from the deep well, placing the bucket on the ground.

Sweat glistening atop her face, the hot afternoon sun shining down on her pale white white skin, burning her flesh, she heaved a large sigh of relief, as she stood up straight, her wet hands on her waist, taking the needed

break she had been craving.

Her hands were sore, her feets hurt, and every single part of her body was screaming in discomfort and torment, but there was nothing she could do to ease herself of this pain.

A tear flowing down her cheek, Daciana sat on a stone slab nearby, looking around her empty surrounding.

The only sounds she could hear, were the ones from the birds nearby, crickets hissing and snakes too.

She was the only one at home today, as Aunty Helene, and her daughters, had left for the market or wherever it is they seemed to have gone too.

Diana as usual had wanted staying back with her, but her mother had bluntly refu