| Our Lives | Their Lives |
| Our mother wakes us sweetly and gently. | They are being kicked to wake up. |
| Our wish list is endless. | If we ask them what they need, they will just  ask- food, money, cloth, house, family,  freedom and a good life.  |
| We are free to study, play and do other activities. | They do not get what they want. |
| We are very fortunate to have such a life | They are not free to do anything, some are even  forced to work for someone else. |
| Life is very easy- our thinking | They are very unfortunate to stay on roads and  slums. |
| You know I went to a fair and gave money to two beggars | Life is not a bed of roses- their thinking. Some even die on roads because of hunger, pain, climate and other reasons. |
|  We even waste food. We daydream for costly things. Even after seeing short films, films where we see slums and beggars, some even don’t change their minds. | They crave for those foods we waste. They day dream of food, family, money, cloth and other things. |
| Stomach full.                                                   | Stomach empty. |
| We quarrel for things, demands, good food etc. with our friends and relatives. | They only listen harsh words. |
| We listen sweet words. | Their face light with smiles when they see food. |
Life is not easy for everyone.
The writer, Shreemoyee Datta, is a Class IV student of SSRVM.
The contrast between “We and They” described by her is a powerful observation of the different worlds people inhabit.
While one side experiences life as “very easy” with sweet words and full stomachs, the other faces a “not a bed of roses” reality where they crave the very things others waste.