By MiMi and PunPun | Grade 7 – Thailand
Sep 9 2023
Auntie Nid was sitting at the bus stop, waiting patiently, with her sweet smile, lighting up her charming face. Wearing a simple patterned T-shirt paired with comfortable indigo shorts, she was waiting to begin her adventurous day. Seventy-three year old Auntie Nid has been selling bread for over twenty years, six days a week. Her happiness is being able to sell bread and protect herself from harm. Nevertheless, it did not start this way.
As a child, Auntie Nid studied at a blind school in Angthong for many years. During her school years, her life was not any different from any other child, from going to school then going home to do homework, until she started working.
She first started selling lottery tickets, so she had to learn how to travel on her own. However, she would often get tricked by miscreant people.
For instance, someone told her to go to a small dark alley where they will buy the lottery tickets, but instead the bad people stole all of her tickets.
Because of being unable to see she could not describe the thief, so therefore no one could help her.
Consequently, she decided to attempt selling bread instead, which was the starting point of her small business.
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