Composition | A Villager's First Visit To A City

Every person who lives in a small village really wants to visit a big city. Usually, a few villagers go together, just three or four men. They hardly ever bring their wives or female family members with them. Their eyes are wide open with curiosity and interest.

To most city folks, villagers seem funny. First of all, they stand out easily because of their strange clothes. The big sticks they carry are objects of laughter for many people. In their traditional attire, villagers walk confidently on the paved roads of the city, admiring how clean and shiny the roads are beneath their feet.

Villagers are amazed by the enormous size of everything. The tall buildings they see along the road are very different from the small cottages in their village. Everything in the city is on a much larger scale. The fast-moving cars, buses, taxis, and wagons confuse them a lot. Even the slightest sound of a car horn scares them. When they want to cross a road, they feel completely lost seeing the never-ending line of vehicles. Finally, when they find a small gap, they run across the road, gasping for breath, which amuses the people watching from the roadside.

Villagers are dazzled by the thousands of sparkling lights in the houses and on the streets. They feel like they're in a magical land. Everywhere they look, they see people—men, women, and children—all rushing around. They have never seen such huge crowds of people, except maybe at the village fair, which happens once a year. They wonder if this kind of hustle and bustle happens every day in the city. They are surprised to find that people don't greet each other.

One holiday morning, the villager goes for a walk. They notice that the streets are empty and dull. The doors of houses are closed, and many windows have curtains drawn over them. It makes them feel scared, as if everyone in the city is dead.

The villager forms a very negative impression of city life, which lacks the lively and friendly atmosphere of a village.