This short story looks at life through the eyes of a child (NIHIL). The child's mother lived on a very remote and primitive island. The natives on the island were self sufficient. They supplied their own food. housing and other needs. NIHIL was conceived on that island. Before she was born sailors same to the island, He and Nihil's mother conceived Nihil. Oil was discovered on the island and her father had left, Men began pumping oil on the island. The island's resources were destroyed' Nihil's mother could not feed herself or Nihil. She went in search of Nihil's father. Every where she went...