STORIES OF LIFE

Matilda was a young girl born in a poor neighbourhood in the suburbs of the cityin the mid 50's. She had three eldest brothers of thirteen, fifteen and nineteen. Their parents died in a car accident. The orphans were sent to the capital orphanage where they were provided with beds to sleep and almost anything to eat.
The young boys were brave and abandoned the place one by one due to different circumstances. The first was called upon by the armed forces so as to do the military service. The second of the boys got married to a girl who met once by chance in the town nearby. And the youngest of them died of tiphoidea. Meanwhile, Matilda kept waiting for something to happen in her lifer, whether this change would be for better or for worse.
Unfortunately, she was sent to be the servant of a rich family in a fashionable neighbourhood in the main avenue of the town. Once she arrived at the Moffat's, her masters' home, she remained as if freezed at the sightseeing of such monumental house. The home was a sort of a castle, huge cold and with many rooms to clean. Mistreated and skinny, Matilda did whatever she was told from cleaning to who knows what else.
Humilliated morally as she felt, she dreamt about being happy as any 19's year old girl. She cooked, cleaned, sweapted, ironed and served to the Moffats for years. One day, she received a letter from her brother, the one who went to the army. He had returned from war and since then, he had being looking for her for many years. Nothing came up to him except the surname Moffats. He didn't know the address, not even the right place. Once Matilda acknowledged that she still had a brother who wanted to see and chat with his "little sister", She got ansious, excited and sensible.
Matilda asked the Moffatsto allow her to visit her brother. They accepted but with a condition to return thier home as soon as possible. " Just hours, dear. May be that one who sent that letter to you is not your brother and I don't want any problems with you , is it clear? " Mrs Moffats said. The girl consented the idea by moving her small head.What the Moffats didn't know was that Matilda's promise to come back was about t be broken moments later.
Sitting in a park's bench, her brother was waiting for her little sister. When he saw her his eyes were full of tears, he couldn't hide his emotion. Matilda was awestrucked, she was static as if she were a rock. She couldn't utter a word. Then, she reactioned and said:"I thought I had million of things to tell you about but i don't". And hunged to each other as if they haven't seen themselves for centuries