“True, but a mother is a mother in every country and her instincts must be the same, even if she trains them out of herself, don’t you think? Remember that story about Solomon and cutting the baby in half? The real mother gave the baby up rather than see it killed and that was thousands of years ago and I imagine that times were tougher then than they are now.”
“Yes, it must hurt, to have to give up your baby, even if many others have done it before you… You know a bit like having a tattoo in a painful place or a Tong brand. You wouldn’t do it if it was just up to you, but you go through it to prove that you can. Perhaps Thai women give up their babies because they have to, but don’t show any pain, because they are proving that they can do it too.”
“Mmm, maybe. Didn’t Lek have to give up
