POOR LITTLE RICH ME.

COMOUFLAGING PEOPLE.

I couldn't wait for dawn but again couldn't be the first one to get out of bed since i dint know where to start even the door was locked in a funny way not using lock and keys but using a small metallic thick string that was pushed to and fro to lock/ unlock and it surely made a lot of noise so i dared not to get out of bed which was also very squeaky therefore turning was limiting and i was felt numb on one side due to lying on it for long, so i slowly and carefully turned and lay on my back shortly the same noise i heard like twice in the night repeated, same way, started with like flapping of wings then seemed to have the same sound that varied at some point, it repeated this three times and i was curious to know which animal was this but couldn't wake up the girls in order to satisfy my curiosity. After what seemed like eternity they finally woke up and Deborah was quarreling Brigit for something, on the other hand Brigit was sobbing while apologizing telling her sister that it was a dream that she didn't do that intentionally, all this time i pretended to be asleep because i didn't know what to do or say but when they got out of bed i realized their dresses were wet and so i thought it was sweat because of sharing bed though it was too much of it, however i learnt later that Brigit was the one who had wet the bed. I didn't understand why she did it but i could tell she was sorry and i was wondering how  they were going to dry the mattress that's when i saw Brigit carry it out. Finally an opportunity to get out of bed presented itself and in order to get outside i assisted her in carrying a similarly thin mattress outside though i had to endure the odor it was emitting, i didn't understand how someone slept on such and actually fell asleep. We did set in on the ground and i got the opportunity to ask Brigit of the noises i heard at night though she kept pardoning me that my accent was too deep for her, she explained to me one was a cow and the other a c**k (in short Koko's male species) i was mesmerized that they had so much and i couldn't wait for her to show me but needed to get out of the night dress, therefore i hurried back in the room that's when i remembered i didn't have any clothes except the ones i came in and  there was no way i was going to wear  the same clothes again, luckily Deborah was in the room and i requested her if it was OK to lend me something to wear briefly in order to wash mine so that i had something to wear when going to report to the police, however she gave me a surprised look as if i had said the most dumb thing under the sun, after looking at  me up and down for some minutes she asked me "and what exactly is wrong with what you are wearing?" hearing those word i became literally dumb and i swallowed my next words, so i picked up my clothes decided to look for Brigit to show me where the washing machine was but to my shock she gave me a bucket and pointed the water pipe, i literally didn't understand the relation between these  two items had  with washing clothes and i thought maybe she didn't understand what i meant, so i repeated slowly only to be startled by Deborah's sarcastic giggle from behind me, i almost jumped out of my skin but i was able to hide that because i realized she seemed indifferent and seemed annoyed by me, reasons best known to her then she spoke, "you seem to be a spoilt city kid, well wake up this isn't the city we don't have washing machines here, we use our hands to wash clothes" out of surprise words just came out of my mouth absent minded, "how am i supposed to do that?" so she rolled her eyes almost swallowing them inside their sockets but before she said anything their aunt called us to go have breakfast, Brigit who was still in-front of me now behind me because i had turned to look at Deborah told me "lets take breakfast first then i will show you" with that she took my clothes and threw them in the bucket which the color had layers of accumulated dirt and i felt like throwing up, however i didn't have much of a choice except following her. I expected the breakfast to be on the dining table but we got in a smoky house which was smaller than the main house and we literally sat on small benches, i mean BENCHES!! i was wondering where the tables were when i was handed a metallic cup and some funny looking tea poured for me, then Brigit passed me a plate of food rather yesterdays leftovers, i was wondering what to do with the food but decided to observe Brigit and did as she did but couldn't eat much, in my world breakfast consisted of the likes of bread, bacon, sausage, pancakes, cereals, fruits and milk. Now here i had to take this cold leftover food and no matter how much i forced myself i couldn't bring myself to swallow it therefore had to literally force it down, after several attempts i said i was full and the glares they gave me i almost run out but had to hold myself in that very uncomfortable bench.

After they were done with their breakfast, the lady of the house told me she wasn't in a position to take me to the police station that day as it was a distance and she had some important business to attend, she also told me it a chance for my clothes to dry and i nodded because i didn't understand how i was waiting for clothes to dry, the 'spin & dry' machine does that easily but i learnt my lesson earlier with Deborah so i didn't ask any question. She told me that day i was to assist Brigit with dishes and sweeping the compound.... wait a minute? were these kind of chores meant for human beings? thought it was meant for robots but since i hadn't seen any sign of one i figured out we might be the said robots, i scanned the tiny room and didn't see any sink leave alone a dishwasher but swallowed the question before i annoyed Brigit as well.

Brigit got up from her seat and saw her put several dishes in a cooking pot which was black on the outside didn't understand why it was black.... then she took them outside and laid them on the ground "holly molly, what on earth was going on here?" when she came back she just stared at me briefly and i realized i was wearing that surprised look which i replaced immediately with a smile, however inside my head i thought i was going crazy or i was a real alien coming from earth to another earth which was very strange and backward. Brigit finished taking all dishes out, so i followed her wondering how we were supposed to clean dishes from the ground, she poured water into two cooking pots which were also black on the outside (they all were) then started scrubbing the dishes following some order and then throwing them in the other pot, i just stood there not knowing what to do till she told me to rinse them and put in a bigger plastic bucket, in my head i was wondering how they lived as i rinsed the utensils, however after rinsing few cups i realized the water wasn't very clean so i poured it out this seemed to surprise Brigit and she just stared at me confusedly therefore i had to explain to her that the water got dirty and i could see her lips threatening to burst in laughter but she seemed to understand me, so after pouring fresh water she told me that's the water to rinse all the dishes and so i obliged but couldn't help but wonder how many germs were in these utensils. Once we were done she told me it was time to sweet, she therefore gave me some twigs tied together with some small leaves took hers too and i was just staring at them wondering what i was supposed to do with them but being a quick learner i observed her and followed suit but i seemed not to get it right and she had to repeat anywhere i swept, these tasks were so exhausting but i had to bear it after all it was just for today, even the dress was tiring just looking at it not only was it oversize but i couldn't tell the color or the print.

After "we" finished sweeping, Brigit carried the now cleaned utensils back in the tiny house and placed them on one side, no dish rack to allow then to drain water but i didn't ask anymore question, she therefore told me she was going to help me wash my clothes and we went where we left my clothes in a bucket, she put them down on the grass (the thought of how many germs were there made me feel nauseated) then she poured some water in the bucket added powder soap then took my clothes and put them all in, i looked at her in surprise and confusion because i was wondering "how were these clothes going to get clean?"