“Unearthing the Secrets: What the Ashes Reveal About Our Past and Future”
“You poor child,” says the woman, “you’re in a murderer’s den. You think you’re about to be married, but it’s death that awaits you. Look, they made me put a large kettle of water on the fire. When they’ve captured you, they’ll chop you to pieces, cook you, and eat you. They’re cannibals.”
The girl hides.
She watches the robbers return with another young girl, who they murder and dismember. After the robbers fall asleep, the girl and the old woman escape.
We’re thrilled that our heroine gets out, but does the old woman ever answer for her silence, her complicity in the crimes? How many other girls had she watched chopped into pieces on that kitchen table? How many times had she turned away from their screams?
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