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The Freedom PathLoading...
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By Abigail Fraser
In the land of Tangliko women were thought to be lesser than men. Young girls were brought up thinking all they could do with their life was become a mother, wife, or maid. If a women ever wanted to do something with their life, they would have to make the long trek through the devil's path to the other side, where there was supposed to be a society of Crazies, as most of the citizens in Tangliko called them. The Crazies were started by a group of injured men and women from combat, who Tangliko would not except back into the town. Tanglikos philosophy is that they are only as strong as their weakest person, so they get rid of the weakest. Very few women could ever make it through the Devil's path without being caught by soldiers, or starving to death.
One young women named Rosa thought there was a better destiny out there for her than becoming a mother, wife or maid. So when Rosa was young, only 15 years old, she snuck off into the Devil's path and began her journey in hopes of finding a better life. Rosa was in the Devil's path for 3 days and 4 nights with no food, water or shelter. Rosa was scared, and it began to get hard to see the path. She saw a little lighthouse in the distance, but instead of it pointing out to sea, it was pointing right at the devil's path. Rosa followed the light from the lighthouse to a small town. It was a marvelous sight. There were women, children, and men out in fishing boats, and they were serving food in little huts all along the waters edge. The people that lived in the small town welcomed her, and cared for her.
Many years later, Rosa new she could still do more for the world. Every time Rosa would walk by the Devil's Path she felt a longing to go in, for some reason she felt like she belonged there. Rosa remembered how hard her journey through the path was, and knew what she had to do. Every night Rosa would go into the path and mark trees with tape or paint, and write encouraging messages on the ground to let women know they were going the right way.
One night, Rosa went so far into the wood that she had to stay there the night. Her stay reminded her of her traumatic journey through the path many years before. Rosa made up her mind, and went to the other side of the path, the Tangliko side. Rosa helped women and girls alike make their journey through the wood and brought food and water to make the journey easier. Rosa would walk in the town every day checking on everyone she had rescued and she would hear everyone telling their story of their walk through the path, the Freedom Path as people now called it. Rosa liked that, so from then on women would make their hikes with Rosa to freedom, on the Freedom Path.
One young women named Rosa thought there was a better destiny out there for her than becoming a mother, wife or maid. So when Rosa was young, only 15 years old, she snuck off into the Devil's path and began her journey in hopes of finding a better life. Rosa was in the Devil's path for 3 days and 4 nights with no food, water or shelter. Rosa was scared, and it began to get hard to see the path. She saw a little lighthouse in the distance, but instead of it pointing out to sea, it was pointing right at the devil's path. Rosa followed the light from the lighthouse to a small town. It was a marvelous sight. There were women, children, and men out in fishing boats, and they were serving food in little huts all along the waters edge. The people that lived in the small town welcomed her, and cared for her.
Many years later, Rosa new she could still do more for the world. Every time Rosa would walk by the Devil's Path she felt a longing to go in, for some reason she felt like she belonged there. Rosa remembered how hard her journey through the path was, and knew what she had to do. Every night Rosa would go into the path and mark trees with tape or paint, and write encouraging messages on the ground to let women know they were going the right way.
One night, Rosa went so far into the wood that she had to stay there the night. Her stay reminded her of her traumatic journey through the path many years before. Rosa made up her mind, and went to the other side of the path, the Tangliko side. Rosa helped women and girls alike make their journey through the wood and brought food and water to make the journey easier. Rosa would walk in the town every day checking on everyone she had rescued and she would hear everyone telling their story of their walk through the path, the Freedom Path as people now called it. Rosa liked that, so from then on women would make their hikes with Rosa to freedom, on the Freedom Path.