Ly has spent all her childhood in the countryside. Ly’s parents have been farmers since she was born. Nam has been used to living in the cool and fresh atmosphere of a rural life so she feels quite uncomfortable whenever she goes out of her pure environment.
Last month Ly’s father took her to HCM city. This is the first time Ly has lived in the dirtiest and the most suffocating atmosphere of an urban life! There are streams and waterfalls in HCM city too but they’re all artificial! They can’t have the same natural beauty as the magnificent lakes, streams and rivers in her own native village.
On the day Ly arrived in HCM city, it rained heavily. After the heavy rain, some of the streets were inundated with black, ill-smelling water! Lots of big, black and hairy rats were running out of the drains into the city-dwellers’ houses, flats and buildings. This is the most horrible sight Ly has ever seen once in her life!
Ly feels bored with living in such a polluted city although her visit to HCM city lasted only a week!