Passage B
Dear Mummy, I have been in your body for three months. But today I fell quite scared. I know you are very sad, and I can remember two days ago, how happy you were when you saw my first picture on the screen. The happiness stopped when the doctor told you I was a girl.
Your whole body became cold and Papa didn’t say a word, either. That night my little world broke down when I heard Papa said that a second girl has no right to be born. I have the right to be born, Mummy. Is being a girl that terrible? What crimes have I done?
You cried and shouted “NO”! However, you then gave in with tears. I could feel your pain, Mummy. But, no, Mummy! Don’t kill me!
Mummy, I want to be born. I want to live with you. I want you to hug and love me. I want to be your pride. I want to play with my elder sister. Mummy, I want to celebrate my birthday.…
Maybe I ask too much. Your cry lasted the whole night and it became louder with my kicking. Once my little movements had given you so much delight but now it causes more pain than happiness.
Grandma had told you it’s a man’s world, and she once gave you a detailed description of how girls were ill treated in the real world. Mummy, it is this that you are so scared of? You doubted whether you were able to protect another girl against being hurt?
I guess there is only one person who is really eager about my birth. That is my elder sister. She even spent hours thinking of a name for me. Anupriya, isn’t that a beautiful name for a girl. I promise I will be as good as a boy, even better, if you give me a chance, if you let me live.
In this waiting room, we have been sitting for quite a long time. My only crime is my sex, and my punishment will be death.
1. ______ leads to the fact that the child couldn't come to the world.
AHer father's cruelty
BThe advanced medical technology
CThe birth control policy
DThe Looking down upon women
