Premise: A boy must overcome his fear to save his infant sister POV: 3rd person distant Protagonist: Sohan
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hut in UP where they farm
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little girl lying down beside him in hut
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he heads out to play while the family farms, no one can hang behind to take care of sister
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Dung patties stacked high
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He stands outside the door with his staff, pretending its a spear warding against phoot
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He hears the well running and goes to investigate. He looks down it deeply
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He stands on it to get taller and sees his family in the fields, the crop is tall and flowing so he only sees someone as they come up to retie their turban
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He hears the girl start crying and he runs into the hut to see shes not in her mat anymore. He looks in the window and shes a flash of movement
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The boy screams and runs to the well to get the attention of the adults. They are coming but are far away
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He puffs his chest and runs after the jackal
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He hears the crying and screams louder
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the crying is getting fainter
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He screams louder
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The crying gets louder and he follows it
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He comes across a jackal holding his sister by the neck
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He makes himself tall to scare it off. It drops his sister, but the trampled wheat cushioned the fall
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His sister is, kicking and flailing and aloneing and flailing , but safe
Sohan was sitting guard, watching her sleep. Her tiny chest puffed and pillowed rapidly under a tightly wrapped cloth. The hut was getting hot in the mid-day sun and she was glistening. The cloth was mom’s wedding chuni so the light mesh let air in.
Sohan shifted from crosslegged to on his knees and prowled towards her, his knees on the straw of their sleeping perch. She came close to her and put his fingers on her lips. She squirmed and shifted, but started sleep.