The villagers returned home at daybreak and their clothes were torn and wet. They walked over to the stove. They had scratches on their hands and their legs were full of cuts. However, they did not knit their brows to show despair. They do not look depressed or disturbed after what they had just gone through.
The villagers had spent a whole day and night walking through the horrible floodwater. The water was full of broken twigs, pieces of tree barks and bloated animal carcasses. They had been desperately looking for their son’s albino buffalo. However, they did not find it.
The villagers had been born into a hard life and yet, although they are poor,they grew up without a sigh or complaint. Now, after that difficult day and night, they are laughing and exchanging jokes and preparing to relax with a smoke in the kitchen.
Paraphrase the poem “He Had Such Quite Eyes”
The guy looked so innocent and sincere, so his betrayal was most unexpected as she thought his quiet eyes were signs of love. She also sympathized with him as he seemed like he was longing for love and companionship.
She regrets that she had not followed the advice to be wary of men who like to flirt and who only look for pleasure. She should not have compromised her principles either. If she had been more careful, she would not be wondering about his betrayal, how and why it had happened, as well as how and why she had let it happen to her.
Here is a piece of advice to young girls out there. Make sure you can trust the person you befriend. Take heed of this advice and one will not be taken advantage of, although one may fall in love more than