A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Emily was handy with these kinds of stuff as she used to make toys with straws for her daughter. She made small bright dragonflies and grasshoppers out of leaves. Not too long, the children in the village were attracted by her crafts.

"Look at this small dragonfly! It's so cute! Does this fly?

"You are so good, Miss Beauty! Can I have one?"

"Miss Beauty! Miss Beauty! You don't have to be with this idiot. Would you marry my brother? We have lots of fields and bulls. You don't have to work anymore."

Although Donny didn't understand what the word 'poaching' exactly meant, he had a strong feeling about what was happening. He knew the brother of the little kid talking to Emily. His name was Ben and he was tall and strong, and a lot of girls liked him.

"Hey, back off! Your brother can't have her. Miss Beauty is mine! None of you can take her away from me!" Donny yelled. Donny would never get angry at anything even if he got insulted or hurt, but this time he was furious. It was the first time the kids saw him like this, and he looked like his mother when he was angry – scary and frightening.

The kids who insulted him backed off out of fear. Since there were also adults, they could not throw stones at Donny. So, they just spat at him instead. "You're an idiot! Yeah, that's right! You idiot!"

"An idiot like you doesn't deserve a pretty wife like her!"

"I'll tell you this today! When I grow up, I will take your beautiful wife!" a kid named Bob said.

"I won't let you!" Donny was so furious that his face turned red. He yelled, "I'm not an idiot! Buck off, all of you!"

"Stop it all of you!" Emily shouted. She could not stand seeing Donny being bullied by the children. She rebuked, "Did you know what you just said? Did you know it's bad to hurt other people's feeling? You apologize to Donny, right now!"

She held Donny's hand and his rage disappeared.

The kids looked at each other and shrugged, "Why should we? We're just telling the truth!"

"Don't you know you hurt Donny's feelings? That's not telling the truth. That's insulting others!" Emily calmly said.

"Do you think you can teach us a lesson with your pretty face?"

were different that she sneered at them, "You don't want to apologize? Fine.

Emily when she called his name and wondered what it was all about. He replied, "I won't listen to

sweet but cold like winter snow. She said, "You look like a mouse with your big ears. It's

and could not say a

other boy who spat at Donny, and said, "Your eyes are so small. Can you even see with those? Those look ugly

"And you!"

why they treated women without respect. They only heard nice words from anyone in the village. But now,

cried. They all yelled, "I'm

and continued, "Now you know what Donny feels when you insult him. He is

you hurt others, the world has a way to get back

were red from crying. They looked at each other after hearing what Emily just

promise

went smoothly

in his life, he became giddy

This was the first time that someone was kind to him and

was because

apologizing, Emily said, "Not everyone can accept your apologies that easy. But Donny did. You don't bully the weak. And remember this, anything you do to others will eventually come back

word, and

What the hell did you do to my children? I know your husband is the son of the village head, but you don't have the right

and exasperated women noticed the unflappable character of Emily. She was such a graceful and unruffled woman unlike them. Emily continued, "If you don't teach your children good manners

about? Mr. Yang! Do you hear

the children's fight. Let's not make this a big deal. She's from the big city, and that's how they talk in

in mind, 'Pah! Like she's the only girl from a big city here!

good at dealing with the other village women. She did a

know how to protect my son and that's good," Mrs. Yang said to