The Handmaid's Tale

The women could not take it anymore. Driven insane from waiting so long for water to fall, the women were thinking about leaving. They had an important choice to make, stay in the village they lived in their entire lives or go somewhere else in hope of survival. They left the shade of the hut and walked across the dry, dusty ground. They went to inspect the ground to see if the corn and watermelon seeds they had planted had shown any sign of life. They wanted to cry when they saw that the seeds had not grown at all, but there were no tears coming from their eyes. They beat against the powdery ground in frustration. They went back to the hut to inform the rest of the family of the lack a progress. When they got back they told Ramadi the unfortunate,