Editor's note: this fictional work contains scenes of fictional incest or fictional incest content.
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Thanks for edit by Kenji Sato.
Metin had come here to take care of the shabby furniture and other household items of his late grandfather's village house. This rundown house, where his father was born and raised, held many memories for his father, but unfortunately he could not come due to illness--all these dirty and drudgery works were left to his son, the grandson. Of course, those who came from the village to offer condolences were another problem. As if he didn't have enough problems.
He would give the things to the old man tidy up, lock the door and go back to the city where he lived.Most of the work was finished.He sold everything except the old embroidered chest and his grandfather's rocking chair.He took the key from the oil lamp hanging on the wall and squatted next to the chest.He couldn't bear to give it to the old man. Then, he finally opened it. Inside, he found old booties, a kerosene lamp, some black and white pictures.
He smiled when he remembered the good times he had spent with his grandfather. He was emptying the chest of items, one by one. At the bottom, he found something that looked like a book with its black, worn leather. It was something not very thick but heavy.Carefully untying the strings, he lifted off the black leather cover; these pages were not paper.There were pale writings written on the leather.
It was something like a historical letter.Metin lit a cigarette and sat down he took the first page and began to read...
If you have found what I wrote, don't call me, don't try to find it.
Most of you will not believe what I am going to tell you now and you may even think 'who is this crazy person?'
What year do you live in now?
In the summer of 1960,I was born in one of the rural areas of a country that was very worn out due to the wars, and left far behind the rest of the world. My family was made up of farmers--we made our living from the crops we harvested from the field, and from the animals we kept. My father and mother had become two old people, whose faces were full of sadness and fatigue. They had wasted their youth in order to take care of their five children--two girls and three boys. At the end of the day, the stove in our little house would light up, and we would fall asleep together with happy loving smiles.
I am Ayman,19 years old, the youngest member of this family of seven people.Our eldest brother went to work in the town 75 km away, and my older sister left home because her husband went to the another village.While my middle brother helped my father in the fields, I and my sister Nergis who is five years older than me, used to graze our animals in our time left from school and housework.My sister was of marrying age.My father was an ignorant man, but he taught me everything I learned to hold a hammer, repair walls, make fires with wood.
It was the end of 1979.I remember the year very well because that year, the tractor came to our village for the first time. We were all looking at this machine in the village square with bewilderment and curiosity.That afternoon, I lingered so much that I forgot the herd in the pasture it was about to get dark.While I was running to get the animals.I met Nergis on the road she got angry with me.We were going to the pasture together because she didn't want to send me alone.
When we crossed the river by stepping on the stones we could see the animals ahead by the forest.They were all there so I wasn't going to get scolded by my father.On the way back, the air became hazy, so much so that we couldn't see one meter in front of us.We were walking slowly holding hands.
Blue and green lights flashed and flickered reflecting through the haze with sounds of something being ripped and torn.We kept going, even though we were afraid,since wolves could easily find us there.Then a smell like rotten eggs came over us; it was such a heavy smell, that we had trouble breathing.My eyes darkened. That was the last thing I remembered.
When my eyelids slightly opened,I realized that I was lying on the grass on the ground. When I lifted my head, I saw my sister lying next to me.Her skirt was pushed up and her legs were exposed up to her hips. I was a little embarrassed, as it was the first time I had seen a woman like that. I quickly got up and straightened her skirt. I shook her awake, asking if she was okay.
We stood up. It was sunny weather. Did we sleep here all night? When I thought of our animals, I looked left and right, but they were not there.I climbed a high rock and looked around but could not see them. What should I say to my father? My sister called me down.She wanted us to return home.We set off.