บท 3: Bright Star
Roughly five years have passed since I was reborn in this world. So many of the things that I believed when I first awoke, have been corrected in my my world view. First of all, my parents are not poor, at least compared to what is the current state of the existence. While, yes, there is not the affluence that I was previous used to in my previous, there has never been the strain of acquiring what is needed for a happy and healthy life in our household. As for what I mentioned originally about lack of sets of clothes, yes, they wear limited amount of outfits. It's not because of being poor, though. It's instead from not needing more. We are doing laundry once or twice a week, in a washing machine. Laundry is done more consistently, thereby needing less outfits.
While I am still, rather ignorant of this world, I have been taking in any information that I can. If I am understanding it correctly, my father is a forester for the local governor. He seems to be the one that deems which trees can be cut. I am not sure how he got the position, but from overhearing our neighbors conversing, it is a coveted position to have, as it makes us outliers of the governors household. We are living on the lords land, thanks to the job, letting us live a better live than most other commoners life, at least it is land that we can treat as ours. That, is our family's payment for the job.
As for my mother, she helps out around the house where and when she is able to. Take care of me, and my younger sister, puts a toll on her, which carries with a cheerful smile all the time. Oh, yes, I do have a sister now. She was born about a year and a half after I was. Thank goodness that it wasn't earlier. Having an Irish twin just seems too weird for my sensibilities. Wait, let me get back to my mother, before I get to my little sister.
Mother is a strong woman. Where women in my other life are generally afraid to get there hands dirty, she gets down and dirty with the best of men. I am not meaning in the sexual nature, but instead in the helps out with anything and everything in the and around the house. She gardens, she butchers, she even helps with putting up the buildings we have on the land. She single handily raised and addition to our house. I don't think that I would have ever been able to do that. I do not remember, ever, hearing about women doing that in the life I used to know, especially in this type of time period. She is such a great woman.
Can I finally talk about my sister? She is cute, innocent, lively, an angel, and she's attached to me all the time. I never had this feeling in my other life. Her name, though I don't know how it's spelled in this world, is Katarina. From what I have been able to concluded, it is the name of my mother's grandmother, who passed before I was born. I still have not figured out what my parents' names are. It's not like most people call each other by name in conversation that often.
Now back to my sister, as I said, she follows me like a puppy. I think I would have gotten sick of it, if there were distractions like television or computers. Alas, we don't have those amenities. It is hard, as a, previously, grown adult, to play with a child all the time, but for the happiness that my parents have instilled in my, I will do anything to make them happy. I refuse to feel that I have debased myself, by acting like a child. And, even if were not for that, I would still do that. I want to see the enjoyment in my sister's eyes.
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I think I have done enough gushing over my family, so I will get into what I have tried to accomplish in my life. First of all, babies cannot exercise, or work on building muscles. I tried to do just that. I could not keep my head up, by myself for the first few weeks that I was alive. It was hard enough to stay awake long enough to try and do anything by myself, before I could even try to do anything for my body. Just trying to stretch out my limbs was exhausting in itself.
I did try to get to crawl and walk as soon as could. I am not sure how I measured up to other kids, but I know I was walking before Mother was showing that she was pregnant with Katarina. A few bruises and scrapes came along with that. It is not like our house was covered in carpet. Babies really do not have tough skin, making injuries easier. Though once I started being able to be mobile, I was trying to move around as much as I could. I hate being bored, and moving around was better than nothing.
Having knowledge of one language, and not knowing how to learn a second language, is a problem. Knowing the I did know have to learn in my previous life, was a detriment to me. Babies are not taught the same way you would someone older. A lot of it is parroting sounds that the other party is saying. I wanted to know words, not sounds. I mean, I was able to, simplistically, call my parents within a few seasons after I was born. That is, at least to me, not the same as speaking. I think that made me take longer than my sister to be able to speak. It still is a difficult thing for me. I still think in English for words, not my new one.
One other thing I have learned, is that I know nothing of practical use. Nothing I learned in my previous life was useful in a more primitive lifestyle. And yes, like most other people, I watched those survival shows and such when I was younger, but I never learned anything. I might have a slight clue on how to do things, but not in a usable way. I know nothing.
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ApollyonDais So, stupidly I set myself a goal to title each chapter with a song title. I've been setting the title after I write the story. And for this chapter, I wanted to name the sister character from an Inkubus Sukkubus song, and calling the chapter that. Which when looking it up, I had the name wrong. I could have just changed the name of Katarina, but no. Am I being stupid?
I have said this previously, but thank you for reading this story.
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