Instead, he looked at the newborn for several long seconds.
Then he said,
“My mother is right. This is not my child.”
And he walked away.
He returned to his other wife and left the mother alone with the baby.
Desperate, the woman carried her newborn to a hospital, hoping the doctors could help.
There, she was told that the baby could undergo surgery, but the operation would cost far more money than she could ever afford.
She returned home holding her child, completely broken.
The days became harder.
The baby cried often, and the exhausted mother slowly began losing the strength to cope.
One evening, the crying continued for so long that a neighbor could no longer ignore it.
She entered the house, picked up the baby, and tried for a long time to calm him.
But eventually, she had to return to her own home.
She placed the baby back into his mother’s arms and left.
