Alternate Ending Of The Story Mandda Called Manda

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Years ago in Togo, in the capital called Lome, there lived a beautiful family and in this family there were two conceited and foolish boys. The city where they lived was so noisy that even if you screamed or shouted no one could hear you. There were a lot of trees along the roads and the roads were full of cars and the smell of fuel. The footsteps of people and their voice were so noisy. The little boys, called Wanda and Manda, profited from noise of the city by torturing their mother. ‘’You know what? Let’s take advantage of this noise and kill the baby,’’ said Manda. ‘’Yes, you are right. What a great idea, Manda! You are so smart,’’ said Wanda. One day after dinner Manda and Wanda bit their mother because she was pregnant from another man. They were so jealous. As a result of their jealousy they tortured their mother, punched her and hurt her so badly. They even called her a prostitute, just because they wanted to kill the baby in her belly. Suddenly, they decided to leave their mother. …show more content…

Her eyes were wet, full of tears, her heart full of pain. You can see the love of the mother for her kids in her eyes. Looking at her boys leaving her and insulting her, she couldn’t say a word. All the words left her mouth. Her boys looked at her and laughed with happiness, leaving their mother with faces full of hate toward their mother, calling her a prostitute. They started walking, turned and started to threw stones at her and Sstarted to laugh. After they walked five miles from their house, they realized that they were at the border of Togo and

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