The promise of a job and a better life was a fantastic opportunity,
Especially for a poor, young country girl.
She told her friends about her prospective new life abroad, they were envious.
Her mother had taken the advance on her wages and waved her off....
to a life of prostitution in a foreign country.
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How sad but unfortunately very true for many young girls.
ReplyDeleteDoes that include Mail Order? LOL...very well done my friend. I loved it. Excellent 55 have a great Friday :)
ReplyDeletelots of meaning! Nice one...
ReplyDeletevery well done - politically acurate too!
ReplyDeleteAn excellent reminder of things that need to be put right in our world.
ReplyDeleteOuch. Sadly, it happens a lot. Sometimes we need reminding about other people's misfortunes
ReplyDeleteSo often true - and tragic.
ReplyDeleteNothing could be worse than to be of human bondage. A very good 55 with an important message.
ReplyDeleteoh there was so much promise up until that last line...very sobering...i help support a friends organization that goes int to the bars in thailand to help buy freedom for some of them...nice 55.
ReplyDeleteWell, not exactly the sort of ending one would like but definitely the sort of ending one excepts from our Akelamalu!
ReplyDeleteThat's the saddest part Dumdad, that it is true for so many. :(
ReplyDeleteThanks Thom
Cheers Scots Lass :)
Glad you liked it Mrs N
Yes Valerie, these things do need to be put right.
We have much to be thankful for don't we Morning AJ?
Tragic but true - you're right Anthony
Human bondage is a terrible thing Pam :(
I have seen the girls in the bars in Thailand Brian and they so need help - I commend you for doing what you can. x
Not an ending anyone would wish for Linda but sadly one that happens all to often. :(
True and potent. Better than another "study."
ReplyDeleteWarm Aloha from Honolulu
Comfort Spiral
it hits reality,
ReplyDeleteawesome 55.
my 55 here
I was just checking out a place to visit in Albania and was reading about the problems they have regarding kidnapping and girls being taken into prostitution in other countries. So damn sad...you would think in this day and age...Provacotive 55! :/
ReplyDeleteBrava, Akelamalu!
ReplyDeleteMan, that ending just floored me. Such truth!
As ALWAYS...brilliant 55, m'dear!
Have a super weekend!
X
It's what you do best Ake...
ReplyDeleteThanks for never disappointing!
Excellent 55 My Dear..
You Rock The Kingdom Baby!
Thanks for playing, and have a Kick Ass Week-End...G
Especially sad since it does happen.
ReplyDeleteThe Grass Is Not Always Greener...Sometimes It's black......
ReplyDeleteYes true unfortunately Cloudia
ReplyDeleteSadly it does Jingle :(
You're right Lulda, it's ridiculous it still happens in this day and age.
Thanks Ron, I wish it was fiction and not a reality.
Cheers G, I try. ;)
Quite SAW
That's so true Tony, especially in cases like that. :(
ReplyDeleteA chilling and thought provoking 55, Akelamalu - as only you can tell it.
ReplyDeleteThat's sad enough without realizing that it STILL happens.
ReplyDeleteOh no! I didn't like that twist.
ReplyDelete:-[
ReplyDeleteIt is a chilling thought Shrinky
ReplyDeleteThat's the awful part of it Hope - it still happens. :(
I can understand that Trav
An unhappy face I can understand Lettuce
If only that story weren't true for so many girls! And the envious ones back home have no idea how lucky they are -- what a good but sad 55.
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid that that is the truth for many unfortunate girls. Sad though it may be.
ReplyDeleteMaggie X
Nuts in May
If only they knew what was in store beforehand Susan :(
ReplyDeleteThat's the sad part about it Maggie :(