the red hair (fairy tale)
Mariana is a girl with rare red hair who lives her life hiding from people .. in a backward town, they rape, humiliate and sell the girl who has beautiful hair… but one day she said FUCK IT !! And she ran away from the town with the help of her father.. what happened after she ran away??
There was a small family consisting of a father, a mother, and a little daughter named Mariana.. Mariana has red hair, a rare color.. They lived in a town called Vera.. In that town they loved the beautiful hair.. the girl who has a beautiful hair… her father will sell it at a very high price…and sometimes she wakes up and finds herself without hair because her family cut it to her while she was sleeping in order to sell it.. the girl with beautiful hair in that town is always in danger.. so she is always kept in her home and her family does not allow her To go out so that no one will kidnap her because of her hair…
They were envious of those who has curly, short and dull hair, because at that time she was free and no one cared about her..except for Mariana, her hair was a rare red color, so that no girl in the town has hair like it.. very intense.. bright color..
Her father and mother were the opposite of everyone in the town..They loved her so much, and feared for her so much..Her mother has very beautiful hair too, but she was married, so no one could do anything for her…
When her mother gave birth to her and found her hair so beautiful.. she told everyone that the child she gave birth to , died… she did not want to sell her daughter as her family sold her, she did not want to give up her daughter and did not want her to suffer what she has suffered from.. and her husband was a big supporter for her..
Everyone in the town was disappointed, they were waiting impatiently for this girl, they were expecting her to have rare hair like her mother..
After everyone believed that Mariana died, her family had to lock her in the house for a long years… so that no one would see her… She has never seen the sun in her life..
Her father wanted to teach her reading and writing .. the girl in that tribe does not learn, so Mariana was the first girl in that town who knew how to read and write… although she never went out of the house, and did not see the sun in her life, but she loved She was very knowledgeable, and she was asking her father to bring her books to read in her many free times..
Mariana became 20.. She told her parents that she cannot live this life anymore .. and she wants to run away..
Her parents opposed her for fear … The town is strewn with guards and no one can go out or enter without the guards’ knowledge… But Mariana insisted on escaping.. Her father promised her that he will find a safe way for her to escape and told her not to escape without his knowledge.
Her father did not sleep all that night, fearing for his daughter, and he was thinking of a way to escape her in a safe way… and what worried him most was how she would continue her life after escaping?? Where she will go ?? She does not know people.. humans are bad, they are not good like her and their heart are not white as hers..
A week has passed since this situation, and Mariana is on her nerves.. every day she asks her father when to run away??..and he answers her silently, not knowing what to reply..
One day, while her father was working..a man came to him , he has known for a long time..his name was Ihsan, a man who loves science, a reader and writer..a good man and loves people..he came to visit him after a long time.
Uncle: “How are you, brother?”
Mariana’s dad said: “Oh, uncle, don’t ask .”
Uncle Ihsan was surprised and said: “okay okay What’s wrong with you? I know who does not have a girl in this town is comfortable and they do not carry him…” Then he laughed.
Mariana’s dad said in a hidden voice in Uncle Ehsan’s ear: “But I have a girl.”
Uncle Ihsan: “What, since when? I heard that your woman no longer gives birth after your infant daughter died..”
Mariana’s dad : “Uncle, I will tell you a secret that no one knows but God and my wife. For God’s sake, Uncle, help me.”
Uncle Ihsan: “Say, my son, it seems as if God has sent me here for you.”
Mariana’s dad : “Uncle, my baby daughter did not die.. I hid her so that she would not be exposed to what the girls in this town are exposed to.. My wife tasted fire just because her hair is beautiful.. She was raped, humiliated, sold and enslaved..and my daughter has such Her mother’s hair, if not more beautiful… and I don’t want to sell my daughter, uncle… She is from me and from my blood…”
The Uncle: “You really surprised me. And I’m really proud of you.. you’re so different than these foolish men in this town.. But you say you hid it.. So no one knows where it is.. Why are you so worried?”
Mariana’s dad : “The girl has grown up, Uncle.. She is a very smart and knowledgeable girl.. She always reads books and loves freedom.. A strong girl who does not care about dangers and wants to escape.. But she does not know people.. I am afraid for her, Uncle.” I promised her that I will find a way for her to escape , but how?? There are many guards here, and if they see her running away at night, they will pounce on her like wolves… Tell me, uncle, what should I do..”
Uncle Ihsan: “Close this shop.. and let us go to your house so that I can see her and talk to her.”
They went to the house and when he came in, Uncle was amazed at Mariana’s beauty, she doesn’t just have beautiful hair, her face shines with beauty also …
Uncle Ihsan: “May God protect you, my daughter.” Then he turned to her father and said: “Now I know why you are hiding her.”
Mariana was very confused.. this was the first time in her life that she has spoken to someone other than her mother and her father..
They had dinner, then Mariana’s mother poured tea and they sat down to talk about Mariana’s fate..
Uncle Ihsan said: “Tell me my daughter, what do you want?”
Mariana: “I can’t stand this life anymore, uncle.. living here among ignorance has become disgusting for me.. I can’t hide anymore.. I want to go out to the world and become a writer and a famous person.. I don’t want to be nobody…
Uncle Ihsan looked at her and said to her father: “Would you accept that your daughter live with me and my wife ? And for God’s sake, I would treat her like my daughter, and protect her from my heart..
Mariana smiled as if she was in a life prison and was released…
Certainly her father accepted , he will not find anyone trustworthy like Uncle Ihsan.. They agreed on an escape plan… Uncle Ihsan will go out in the morning with Mariana as his daughter whom he brought with him from abroad, she wears a veil over her face and her hair so that no one sees her beauty. …
And indeed.. the escape plan was successful. Uncle went out with Mariana very naturally until they got out of town… When they crossed the town limits, Mariana got off the carriage like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon… She was running and laughing hysterically… She was feeling as if she is in a dream.. for the first time in her life she goes out of the house… for the first time her hair flies with the fresh air… for the first time she sees the sun and birds…
Uncle was looking at her and laughing…After Mariana got tired of running and jumping and laughing…she got back to the carriage and they continued on their way home…
When they arrived, Uncle Ihsan asked his wife to bring Mariana a private room to sleep and live in from now on… Uncle Ihsan’s wife welcomed Mariana the most beautiful welcome…
Mariana entered her new room, arranged her books and notebooks, her clothes and things.. Then she sat thinking about her parents… She grieved for them… and began to feel the longing for them… When Uncle Ehsan’s wife entered her, she found her crying.. That longing started to increase. And it always lived inside her until the days passed and Mariana grew up…
With the help of Uncle Ehsan , she became an important writer and researcher in the town when she lives.. She had a great position, and whenever someone asked her who was the main supporter for you in your journey, she always said The name of her father and her mother before the name of Uncle Ihsan. Without them and without their protection, she would not have been able to get out of that prison…
On a winter’s night, Mariana was sitting in her own house, on her desk that held all her creativity… She remembered that day, the day she ran away ten years ago, She remembered her father’s facial features that carried feelings of tension and fear , and the tears of her mother who carries And broken at her departure… She remembered her father’s sentence, “Until we meet again “
Longing broke out in her heart and she decided to go to her father and mother the next day, and announce her presence in front of all the people in that town and face what she has been hiding all these years… She wanted to live with her family forever in a civilized town that respects the human being. She didn’t want unity.
The next day, she packed her stuff , prepared her guards so that she would not be exposed or her parents would be harmed.. and she set off without telling anyone..even Uncle Ihsan did not know that she was going.. she arrived and finally… she saw her father from the window of her wagon in his shop. And it was the first time that she saw her father’s shop.. Tears rolled into her eyes, then she wiped them and prepared herself for the drama that was going to happen… She warned her guards that she was getting out of the wagon and to be ready for the confrontation…
She went down and when the eyes turned around her… She felt anxious , but she immediately went to her father’s shop, and people don’t take their eyes off her…
While her father was immersed in work, he did not notice her, and she said: “Welcome, Professor..”
Her father recognized her from her voice, so he turned and saw his daughter in front of him.. He hurried and closed the curtain of the shop.. He said: “My daughter, how did you get here? Did someone hurt you?”
She laughed as tears fell from her eyes and said, “Daddy, don’t you see these guards?”
Then he hugged her and didn’t say a word, he just cried hard.. She opened the curtain again and the father was terrified… He found everyone in the town gathered in front of the shop… He said to her in a hidden voice filled with anxiety, What are you doing?? ..
She smiled and said in a loud voice… Listen everyone… I am the daughter of this man… The daughter you think has been dead for 30 years… Here I am today in front of you, a writer and researcher in a town far away from here that does not resemble you and does not resemble your disgust.. This is my father who is in front of you and my mother who is sitting in the house now is not worthy of them to live here with you.. so we will go from here.. and if anyone opposes us, you will regret it very much.. (then she pointed to the guards) ..
Everyone was repeating in a loud voice: “You are a traitor and a liar.. you sell our customs and traditions so easily.. and hide your daughter for all these years.” And another says: “Look, look, he made his daughter a writer and a researcher.. Hahaha “
Mariana said: “Your customs and these traditions are left to you. It does not suit us…”
The guards and her father brought her to her mother’s home. Imagine what the meeting would be like.. Imagine her mother’s joy with her after she found her with such a big position.. Imagine her joy after she was patient for ten years for her daughter to come and rescue her from that disgusting place.
You can’t imagine right??
The father and mother packed their luggage and got ready to travel…. they went out of the house and if the people of the town were throwing rubbish on them, and tomatoes and rotten eggs, but the guards were doing their job…
After a long and hard day.. they arrived at Uncle Ihsan’s town.. they found him anxious, waiting for Mariana to come home.. so he was surprised that she has brought her family with her… he was really surprised and received them the most beautiful welcome… but he was upset from Mariana because she did not tell him that she was going. ..
Mariana and her parents lived happily ever after… After all this patience they deserved a beautiful life with their daughter.. In my opinion what they did was completely unselfish and very risky… This is what made them really good parents … This is what made Mariana a happy person …
the end …
