Received a bad news when I spoke to my mum just now! The chicks died in a heavy rain yesterday. Listen to what my mum decribed, it's exactly the same as when we lost our "Ah Gal". I can feel my heart is very pain now. I wonder if the pain is due to the lost of these chicks or remind me of Ah Gal. Last weekend, my brother sleep in the living room when we were in JB. Once he woke up, he called "Ah Gal, Ah Gal". I was watching the TV program during that time, my heart dropped...the words "Ah Gal" make me feel sad again as this is the first time we lost the "close kin" after my grandpa passed away 6 years back.
Now, we lost another so-called "close kins". I still remember how my parents and I protected the hen when she laying the eggs. We had even chased the cat away, built a small hut for the hen, fed her food and gave her drink. Two weeks ago when we were back in JB, we had finally seen the chicks....one, two, three, four, five....they are EIGHT of them. We were so excited and started to visit them every two hours. Listened to how my mum elaborate the story of those chicks...really make me laugh.
BUT...........I never expect their life are SHORT....the heavy rain yesterday has taken their life. Now, there is only one chick left (the weakest chick among all) and the hen. I hope the hen can get over it and take care of the last chick. My mum said the last chick has phobia over the rainy day now. I can understand that. Can you imagine how it feel after losing all the siblings overnight??!! I am sure my mum will take extra caution from now onwards.
Hopefully, they are living well the next time I go back to JB........I am putting my fingers cross!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
