Eve

Eve was a poor girl of 19. She was poor and rather fatuous. The people of the Selato town of Minnesburg looked on her with contempt. Eve would go around begging for money and usually she would receive only 10 cents every two houses. Eve was a sad but determined girl.

One day, a new family arrived in Minnesburg. They were the Stevenson family. Bob and Mara Stevenson arrived in a black limousine. They were indisputably rich.

Mr. Stevenson was to become a member of the Minnesburg village board. At one meeting, he started a discussion on Eve.

"I am absolutely perturbed by her. She is extremely reprehensible." The other members of the board nodded contemplatively. The meeting lasted 5 hours because they were busy disputing on whether to take Eve out of the village.

Meanwhile, Eve was looking through the garbage for a pair of shoes. The next day, Eve went begging again. This time she went to the Stevenson's house.

"Money?" she said, putting her hands out. "Go away, you putrefied girl!" Mara shouted, perturbed. Eve started to cry so she ran away. Every villager was told to treat Eve unkindly so that she would leave the village.

Everywhere Eve went she was 'greeted' laconically. Eve wept in the this predicament. No one greeted her with at least a bit of deprecation.

Eve ran into the woods and found a hut. The old man and his wife living there greeted her. They were kind and gentle. "Come, stay with us. We are old and we might die soon."

So Eve accepted and lived comfortably ever after.

(Edited on 20/9/08 and written on 23/2/08)