Dorje, A Boy from Rolwaling

Dorje is from Rolwaling, a far eastern village of Nepal. He reads in grade four.

He had lost his father when he was just 6 months old and now he is at his 8. He loves his mother very much, and so does she.

His school is an hour walk from his home. He loves going to school to learn new things every single day. Early in the morning, he feeds cattle and helps his mother before he leaves home for school. And in the evening, he helps his mother, revises what he has learnt and goes to bed. This is how his days are passing.

But one day, something unfortunate happens to Dorje when he was along at his home.

He feels a kind of shaking. He can't control himself. He clutches the beam heavily as he is inside his home. After a while, he hears people screaming, and great bangs and thuds on the ground. The walls of his home slowly starts falling. Now he starts crying. He sees the open sky from his room as the roofs have gone. After a shake stops, he sees all around the debris and debris only .

All of a sudden, he remembers his teacher talking about earth quake some time ago.

He starts crying. Poor Dorje has lost his house!

After a while, he slowly comes down sliding on debris. But... as he doesn't find his mother, he starts shouting, ' Mammaaaa..., Mamaaaa Ho... Mamma... Mamma Ho'

But he sees none!

As he hears no voice, he keeps on crying. He wipes out his tears with the sleeve of his shirt.

He becomes so desperate and runs to the neighbour Nonetheless, what he finds are all the debris there.

After a short while, he sees his mother coming from downhill. Thanks god she is safe! He becomes immensely happy and shouts, 'Mamma Ho!'

'Ye::s, my darling!,' hails mother from the distance.

Both, seeing each other safe, start crying in happiness and run, hug each other tightly for some time and after a while, they fix their eyes towards home. Now there is nothing except they two on the ground. After a while, poor Dorje sobbingly says, 'Mama,... where can we sleep, umm... tonight?'

Dorje's mother looks at him, wipes his tears with her one end of Sari and says in a trembling voice, 'Don't worry. Umm, I , umm..., we will build home for ... tonight, and we will build new one ...soon. Alright dear!'