Listen to your elders
Listen to your elders
Hawa M Ayoub
Letter

One day we all cousins ??decided to see the natural beauty of Gwadar. After the cousins ??agreed to this decision, we went to our grandfather to get a grant to go.

But unfortunately he did not allow us to visit Gwadar and explained, “It is a long way and you are all too short for such a long journey. Don’t worry, one day we will all be together and go inshallah.”

None of my cousins ??raised their heads to add any words and went to the opposite room to discuss further.

I said, “I think we should reverse our decision because our grandfather objected to our visit. So cancel it.”

One of my cousins ??added, “There is still a way to go to Gwadar. If we leave without permission, they will scold us but we have to endure it for our own pleasure. So what do you think?”

We agreed with him and decided to leave for Gwadar the next day.

Arriving the next day, we along with our  one uncle took our   car and went to Gwadar.  We enjoyed Gwadar a lot and when it was 7 pm we decided to return home.

On the way home from Gwadar, a car met with an accident due to high speed.  It was none other than our car.  When I opened my eyes, I got the news of Uncle’s death.  We all cried a lot and regretted not listening to our grandfather because he forbade us to go to Gwadar.

So listen to your elders because we did not pay attention to our grandfather and this led to the death of my uncle.