Everyone calls me key maker. I fix keys and locks. I never went to school but I only lie to the people who try to fix my marriage. I told them I read up to class three. One of my village relative let me to stay in their yard and asked me to stay there until I get married. There is no chance of my marriage because parents and girls do not like key maker as groom. I have been rejected all the time. I hardly get works so it is difficult for me to stay whole day outside but I am not allowed to go to my relative house before night. When flood hit, I thought it would be raining for a few days and everything will be okay. But the house I stay went under water and then our whole area. Within one night most of the people’s house went under water. Everyone was leaving for a safer place. Today when I was rushing through the water to search for a safe place with everyone, I heard a dog was screaming. No one was able to see him. I was asking everyone and people scolded me for wasting their time. Then after searching for a while, I found the dog in a hole, struggling to come out. He was screaming and other people were screaming with me as I wanted their help. No one stopped so I had to pull the dog alone and then I let him free. Before leaving the dog, I saw he is injured and the water level was rising. I am also very exhausted as I did not sleep for last three days, I hardly had any food. That is why after pulling him from the hole; I free the dog and continued my journey. And then I heard him crying again. But I did not stop that time. After coming a few miles, I started feeling sad. I went back, picked him up in the tyre. It’s been may be an hour we are moving together, he stopped crying and I am struggling to find a safe place for us.
- Anayet Ullah