Childhood fears

Rita tells: “When I was 2, I took a bite out of pear and saw a worm. I was frightened to death! When I was 4, my mother took me to a theatre, and all those flashing lights scared me so much that I ran away.
When I was 5, the war began. There was death, hunger and sufferings all around. I nearly died of malaria. Our barrack caught on fire. I often collapsed because of hunger. But I was never frightened during the war, not for a moment.”