HELP!!!!! I'm Fat.
Edidiong rubs her belly and groans as her stomach rumbles once again. Her mother has been in the kitchen for the past hour preparing lunch and she doesn’t think she can bear the hunger any longer. She looks wistfully at the bag of chips one of her brothers has abandoned on the sofa. She would just take a little, to assuage her hunger for the time being. She tears open the bag of chips and almost cries in delight as she crunches chip after chip. Smiling, she turns on the television. “Edidiong! Am I not preparing lunch? Why are you stuffing your face with junk?” her mother interrupts her in a shrill voice. “Mummy I was hungry, I just wanted to take a little” Edidiong explains. “As big as your stomach is, you’re hungry. Is it until you’re too fat to pass through the door? Help yourself for once” her mother hisses as she grabs the bag of chips and returns to the kitchen. Edidiong has suddenly lost her appetite. She silently sobs and she goes to her room. It is sad that for most ...