Never disregard your children

Anna lived with her mom since childhood. Her father had left them because of his mistress. And from then they were alone and had no job, only had a little savings. They were having hard days and soon they ended up on the verge of poverty.

It was morning and time for breakfast. Anna's mom cooked some noodles for them. It was too little for both of them. After finishing eating, she got ready for the school. She was about to go and stopped to ask her mom if she could give her lunch to have at school.

Anna was so hopeful that her mom would surely give her. But she got irritated and said that they had no money. Anna was so hurt and she got angry. She shouted on her saying "I told you! Go away!". Anna tried to hold back her tears and soon left home in fear if her mom again scolded her.

They were living in that poverty but her mom didn't want to look for a job or make any effort at all. She just let the things as it was going. She was spending the last savings and one day when she was returning home, she saw an advertisement on a beauty parlor.

It asked for long hair. They also said that that hair would be very expensive. This hit upon her mom.

Her mother didn't have a long and beautiful hair. But Anna had. She had red beautiful long hair. Her mom thought for a while and smiled. She went in to the parlor for the details. She learned everything and came up with a plan to get money.

When she was returning home, her eyes were blinking. She came home so fast and rushed to her daughter. She ordered her to sit down as she was going to cut her hair. She didn't made an introduction of her deed. She was in action directly. But it was a shocking news for Anna.

She became so surprised and asked her mom what she was talking about. She refused to cut because she was so proud of her hair. But her mom didn't listened to her and cut the hair. She requested again and again and lastly cried so hard. She was so hurt thinking how a mom could be so mean to her daughter.

She also thought about her school and mates. When her mom noticed her crying, she got angry and ordered her to stop whining. She told her that she knew that they needed money and it was a good mean. After this she gave a boy cut in Anna's hair.

Anna was so afraid about how she was looking. She was so nervous and hid her face with her hands. After a long time she gathered courage to see her in a mirror. When she saw her, she exclaimed that she was looking awful. Her mom said that she could live with it. But Anna was not. She was crying for losing her beauty and turned into another person.

The next day when she entered into the school, her classmates started to mock her. They were laughing and Anna couldn't hold back her sadness. One girl asked her laughing who had done that to her. Another boy said that his grandpa's hair was longer than her. And so on.

When she returned home, she saw her mom having a luxurious life. She was sitting on a couch and were watching television. She had pop corns in her hands and was watching a movie. She looked very happy but Anna was not. She was continuously crying after what happened with her that day.

She went to her mom and said that her classmates were taunting her. She got angry getting her in the movie. She asked her what she was supposed to do then. Then ordered Anna to get away from the screen. She rushed to her room in teary eyes and her mom again absorber her in watching.

And her school continued. Everyday at school felt like a trial to her. She always stopped in the entrance and thought how the day was going to be. And she never thought anything good.

Her guess was true. Because all of her classmates laughed at her. The poor girl silently put up with the bullying. She pretended that she was not listening to them at all. But they never stopped bullying. And no one stood up for Anna, until one day.

All the boys and girls were laughing at her and she was silently putting up with it being in the middle of the crowd. Suddenly their class teacher, Mrs. Jones entered into the class and saw everything. She at once got angry and asked what was going on there. The students were in a pin drop silence and no one spoke. She ordered them to get away from Anna.

After the class had ended, Anna confined in her teacher. She told her everything and could not stop crying. She was crying like a baby and the teacher hugged her. She tried to console her. Anna said that she didn't know what to do as everyone was laughing at her.

The teacher felt pity on her and said that that was tough. She forbade her to cry and assured her that they would come up with something. But Anna did not have any idea what that something was going to be.

The following morning when Mrs. Jones entered the class, everyone was shocked. She wished everyone a good morning. But no one said anything. Because Mrs. Jones also had cut her hair just like Anna. And she was looking so pretty. One of the students said that he couldn't believe it.

Since that day, that hair cut became the most popular and trendy one among the school girls. Many girls followed this trend and cut their hair. After this Anna was not alone in short hair. She thanked Mrs. Jones saying that she had saved her. She smiled and said that it was nothing and actually it looked good.

Thanks to the teacher act because the girl felt much better. She returned home in a happy mood for the first time in the month. Her mom became so irritated seeing her happy face and asked what she was so happy about. Anna smiled and said that everything was fine.

Many years had passed since that day. Anna was grown up and of course her hair too. She got back her beautiful long hair. Her relationship with her mom never improved. But she stayed in touch with her best friend; her favorite teacher. She met with her regularly in her place and had good times together.

The most innocuous acts can have an equal power to either hurt or heal a child's soul. Don't disregard your children.