The Pig's House

Chapter 5 Where is my mother?

As the time passes by, we missed our mother more and more. I felt the huge emptiness in our house without my mother. I told my father, "Dad, I can't live without mother. Do something. At least show some effort to find my mother." "Son, I miss her too but what should I do? I already tried everything. And I am so busy on the duty on my company. I don't believe in fantasy and other magical things but maybe this time, God answered your prayer. And it is very unfortunate." My father said. "Do you think God does that kind of things? Where in the Bible says about it?" My sister said. There was a silence on us. I went back to my bed and prayed to God, "God, please retrieve my prayer and bring my mother back."

I took out the broom that my mother gave me to remember her. I remembered the past events that I got with my mother. Even though my mother was always scolding about the not cleaning habit, my mother loved me. She made my favorite foods twice a week. She cared about our family so much. Now I understand how important it is to clean our house daily. If I were in my mother's situation, I would be really mad and I would shout at my family. I stared at the broom that my mother gave me. The stick of the broom was silvered-metal and the brush was made of wood and it was old. Because I did not take care of it, the broom was dusty. I wiped the dust off the broom with my wet towel. When I was wiping the broom, I saw a weird mark. I brought the broom to my father. I said, "Dad, do you know what this mark is?" When my father saw that mark, he was so surprised. "This mark... this mark is from your mother's grandfather." My father continued, "He lived in Australia. He is an architect, and he put this symbol on all in his work. But on his masterpiece, he puts the golden mark. That means this broom is one of his masterpieces." "Wow, I can sell this and buy my new game boy and laptop." I said. My father frowned and said, "Wait, I suddenly remembered what your grandfather said. Your grandfather said that there is a place that your mother goes to every time she is mad. When your mother was young, she asked her grandfather to build a small house for her. I forgot about this because she never left out of our house. I think this is the time to use the envelope that your grandfather gave me." "What envelope?" I said. I was confused. What is happening?

My father brought out the envelope that was deep inside his closet. "This envelope has an address of your mother's ancestral house." Father said. When we opened the envelope there was a letter written by my grandfather and there was the address of my mother at the last line. I ran to my sister's room and told her that we found my mother's address. We were so happy. "Let's write a letter to mother! Daniel, get the pen!" My sister said. When I went to the living room to get a pen, my father was crying. He was so impressed with the letter that grandfather wrote. I laughed at my father inside and went back to my sister. I and my sister wrote the letter and send it to my mother.

One week has passed but there was no response from my mother. Dad, sister, and I just lived a normal life. I was so sad that there is no response from my mother. I hanged the broom on the wall of my room. Every time when I see the broom, it gives me the temptation to sell it and buy a new gameboy. After school, I lied on the sofa in the living room. But I smelled something delicious. When I followed the smell and entered the kitchen, what a surprise! My mother was cooking my favorite dish. "Mom!" I hugged her and cried. "Hello, I am back." My mother said. I called my father and my sister that mother was back. After they received my call, they cancelled all of their schedules and straightly came to our house. "Mom!" "Honey!" My sister and my father shouted. They hugged together. We sat on the living room and told her what happened in our house. My mother told us that after I wished her to be gone, she decided to go to her hidden house for a while. She was very worried at the beginning, but she had to give a lesson to our family. So in the dawn, she went out to go to her hidden house without telling anyone. All of the things was in the house because her father built all of the things that is necessary to live. She found a side time job for the morning, and read a book in the afternoon. She decided to get back home after one month, but when she called her neighbor to ask about her family, they said that her family is not cleaning house and the house became a huge trash can. So she delayed her return. But after another month, she received a letter from Daniel and Jane, so she decided to comeback. We were really happy that our family was united again. And my mother was really surprised that we had improved a lot. Our family became the proudest family of all.