she would be in when she seen her family. She knocked on the wooden door. With the casual squeak of the brass doorknob, Chu-yi saw her mother. Her mother held Chu-yi in her arms. She motioned for the rest of the family to come, which included Chu-yi's father and grandfather. Her father welcomed her inside and Chu-yi had a seat on the family chair. "Where were you?" questioned her father.
Chu-yi replied only with silence. She removed her hand woven backpack and opened it. She revealed the bird's nest. Her mother carefully picked the bird's nest up with tears streaming down her rosy cheeks. Father, mother, and grandfather all smiled at the sight of the nest that was sure to be a major help. Chu-yi's mother whispered something to father and walked down the hallway to Chu-yi's uncle's room. After a few minutes of hearing the muffled talking coming from the room of Chu-yi's uncle, came out looking …show more content…
livid. "You could have been killed!" shouted her uncle.
Chu-yi held her head low clearly feeling shameful. Her uncle grabbed her bag and rummaged through it looking for the nest. Mother waved her hand in an attempt to get her uncle's attention. Chu-yi's uncle looked at mother with a burning hot anger sizzling on his face. She motioned her hand toward the bird's nest lying on the table. After seeing the sight of the beautiful nest, her uncle clutched his hands into fists and stormed out of the room. Chu-yi walked to her room with her eyes still fixed on the ground. She sat on her bed and peered out the window with tears rolling from her eyes. After watching the sun set among the mountain she once climbed, Chu-yi closed her curtains and remained sitting in pure silence. Chu-yi felt a headache from the somewhat endless hours of crying and was unable to cry again. Her uncle walked into her room, with his once angered face that turned into a face of kindness. "I'm sorry, Chu-yi." apologized her uncle. "Me too." replied
Chu-yi.