Continuation of "Village By The Sea" ( To be assesed for ACE )

Village By The Sea ( 10 years later )

Ten years had passed in the blink of an eye. However, with the passing of time comes a major change to the once peaceful and relaxed life in Thul. The sea was still filled with fishes - dead fishes that took in the deadly chemicals produced by the fertilizer factories. Seagulls were a rare sight - they had moved away to somewhere without so much deadly gases in the air. Huts and cottages were replaced by high-rise flats and bungalows. Everything had changed ; and it was due to the fertilizer factories.
The streets were lit up by the tall streetlights. Hari, as he was walking back home from his watchmending shop, missed everything back then. He missed the warmth of the kerosene lamp used to light up the way home, but seeing them again was impossible. "Hari Wait one minute, I'm about to be done with my work!" Hari turned to the poultry farm, and saw that Lila was packing up. together, they walked home, not to the comfortable wooden hut they once knew, but the flats by the sea, where they had to take a lift to reach their unit.
Taking out the key from his pocket, he opened the door and went in, before locking it. In the past, there was never any worry about burglars. Now, there was. "Bela, Kamal! Have you finished your homework?" Again, they were lying on the sofa, eating potato chips while staring open-mouthed at the television. They were the kind of typical couch potatos. "Yes, brother. We are already in high school, dont bother about us so much!" Hari shook his head, thinking how fortunate they were, yet not aware of it.
Lila, went to cook dinner-she knew Bela and Kamal had skipped dinner again. They were on a slimming diet recently, and Lila did not know why. In his room, Hari was counting the finances of the family. Their father needed the money for his liver operation ; the cause of it was his continuous drinking last time. Fortunately, he repented, or his condition would have worsened. "Oh, mother, father, we have enough for the operation!" They immediately came into the room, faces lit up. There was finally hope that their father would be cured!
Things were so different in Hari's family, from the past to the current, that no outsider would believe the change that occured in the family. From the unrepentant father, sick mother, tattered wooden hut, to the happy family and complete house-it was almost impossible. However, it was Hari's bravery to go to a new city, his willingness to learn new skills, his diligence, and care for his family that made this change possible. The wheel turns and turns and turns:it never stops and stands still... ...