I am so hungry. All I want is to eat. Momma says she’ll be back soon. She has a baby in her tummy & I’m going to be a big brother! I used to have a big brother but one day a man came to our street when we were playing outside & told us if we helped collect bottles for him, he would give us lots of food! My brother went with him & I wanted to go too! But my uncle came to check on us before work & saw us following the man…he ran after us! The man & my brother were gone & I was mad my uncle took me away. I wanted food! I am always hungry! My uncle cried & cried…I think it’s because he is hungry too & wanted to go with the man. I miss my brother but I am mad that he never shares any of the food he is getting from the man.
Now that my brother is gone, I am the big boy…Momma says I will have to make sure my family has food. She wants me to be like my aunt. My aunt used to be a boy just like me, but then she started acting like a girl & dressing like one & she makes lots of money dancing & having sleepovers. She is never hungry! I want to be just like her! Sometimes she dresses me up in make up, fake nails, & a pretty dress & momma says I’m a lot like her! & she is already teaching me some of her dance moves! I am getting really good! My mom even takes videos of my dances & if people like them, we always have more food! I want to do it exactly like my aunt because then I won’t be hungry & everybody will look at me & like me. I am going to be a really good girl someday & the best dancer in the world.
Momma is back! & she has food! So much food! But where is my baby? I thought I was going to be a big brother? It doesn’t matter — I just want to eat. Momma gives me pork & rice! Where is the baby?
My aunt is with momma & I hear her say something about a place called Vietnam & that the baby will have a better home than here. Momma brought mangos, too! Yum! But why would the baby be in Vietnam? & how did we get all this good food?
Momma says we will have food for a long time now & that I don’t have to make anymore videos of my dancing. Did I do something wrong? I am glad we won’t be hungry but I know I can be a good dancer just like my aunt! I am going to work so hard to take care of my family! I don’t know where the baby is, but I’m the big brother now — I can take care of everyone. My brother went with the man to get food when he was 6, but I am even better than him cuz I will feed my family, & I am 3. We will never be hungry again.
