Mother

AD 5014. 

We unwittingly discover a buried human settlement.

She - I thought that nothing remained buried to be discovered.

He – Yes, I also thought so. In any case nothing has been discovered in last one thousand years. It may be the last of the buried settlements.

She – What is that over there?

He – Seems to be a grave.

She – Mother?  What is that supposed to mean?

He – If I am not mistaken this settlement perhaps dates back to the time when women used to become mothers.

She – Did they then not have the technology to manufacture? How primitive they must have been?

He – But most of the women of that time believed that they were incomplete till they had become mothers.

She – I can’t believe it; where do you read such nonsense?

He - I have been using my spare time fruitfully.

She – But somehow I can’t imagine a women becoming a mother; it’s so unnatural.

He – May be for us; for them it was a cherished fulfilment.

She – I am lucky that I was not born then.

He – May be? May be not?

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