Irritated, the elder boy soon shook her hand off . But she instantly pulled him back and her arm grabbed his neck with a force that was irresistible. After taking a sharp look at her bitter profi le, he observed that it was better not to fi ght against it. Her harsh anger or the increase of her pain was clouding her. She turned away. Her two sons felt more like her burdens now. Because they were what she could see when she looked in the mirror.