She carefully approaches the front door. No lights are on in the home yet, that's good. There's a car in the driveway-hopefully that means they're home. She gingerly climbs the porch steps, careful not to make a sound, then kneels down, placing the sleeping baby on the welcome mat. There are two blankets wrapped around the baby, and a wool cap covers its head. She makes the blankets nice and tight. It's the only thing she's learned to do as a mother.
She considers ringing the bell and running, but she realizes that would not be a good idea. If they catch her, she's obliged to keep the baby- that's part of the Storking Initiative too- but if they open the door and find nothing but the child, it's "finder's keepers" in the eyes of the law. Whether they want it or not, the baby s legally theirs.
From the time she learned she was pregnant she knew she would end up storking this baby. She had hoped that when she finally saw it, looking up at her so helplessly, she might change her mind- but who was she kidding? With neither the skill nor the desire to be a mother at this point in her life, storking had always been her best option.
She realizes she's lingered long that is wise. There's an upstairs light on now, so she forces herself to look away from the sleeping newborn, and leaves. With the burden now lifted from her, she has sudden strength. She now has a second chance in life, and this time she'll be smarter- she's sure of it.
As she hurries down the street, she thinks how wonderful it is that she can get a second chance. How wonderful it is that she can dismiss her responsibility so easily. Page 54-55
It takes a mother 9 months and 10 days to give life, and yet she's storking her child. She's leaving a hopeless baby outside on the door steps of a stranger, not know if the people are home or not. People of this community have no morals what so ever, they are unwinding people and signing unwinding forms as if life isn't anything to them, and they're storking newborns. The mother was unsure of whether she wants to keep the baby or not, and this has to be the easiest way to get rid of her responsibility. It's so simple to give life away. And the laws that are made, are ridiculous ! Finder's keepers is something that I used to play when I was in 1st grade, and these people are living by it. The law is also unfair. What if the person didn't want to keep the child, they still have to. These people don't have a choice, just because it is the law. These people aren't humans, they are heartless people who can unwind and stork lives as if it's worth nothing. And the poor child that is being storked doesn't have the ability to fight back, it can't control it's own fate and life. And the mother is too selfish to realize that because she's too focused on her future. This is a dystopian society where lives are treated like nothing, and these people are emotionless, and the laws are ignorant.
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