A Punishment in My Childhood

張貼日期：Dec 18, 2013 2:41:26 PM

Ula Chen

When parents punish their children, they are probably worried about them. But children may not know why they are punished. When we were kids, we all had the experience of being punished. My cousin and I were once punished by my aunt when we were little.

It was in my grandmother’s house. In every festival, my family always celebrates there. My cousin and I are the same age. Therefore, we always play together. We like to talk and share our daily life in her bedroom before eating lunch. There was no doubt that we would do something different on some special days

That year, we were only seven years old. We discovered a tree with a lot of fruit. We thought it was a longan fruit tree. Thus, we wanted to get the fruit, but we were too short. We couldn’t reach it so we moved a chair to the top of the roof. Then, we stood on it and extended our body to try to reach the fruit. In this moment, my aunt saw us on the roof.

She shouted out loudly and looked very angry. She used a shampoo bottle to hit our bottom, scolding us angrily. Although I don’t remember what she said now, I still remember her angry and worried face. Later when our family ate lunch, my cousin and I kneeled in front of the wall, crying loudly, of course.

There is no doubt that it was an unforgettable day. We learned that it was very dangerous to do this kind of thing. If we hadn’t stood steadily, we would have fallen down. The most important thing was the tree. After I grew up, I realized that it was not a longan fruit tree. Those fruit can’t be eaten. Those fruit are useful in our daily life; they can be used to clean our clothes like the soap. I am happy that we didn’t eat them then.