Town by Berder

Her laughter can be easily heard along the streets most of the day. She's quite a popular figure in this small little town in the middle of nowhere. Which seems rare elsewhere, given that her power over the lives of the good folks is absolute. Nonetheless, everyone seems to be happy, in this small little town in the middle of nowhere.

There isn't much history to talk about for this town, for it is quite newly established as compared to other townships elsewhere. With a current population of less than a hundred, a few good rows of houses accommodate them. Not to mention a few sizable mansions to house the more affluent ones.

Even so, the town is good enough to sustain itself. Even without her, there are enough shopping centres and restaurants and schools and grassroots committee to run the place smoothly. Of course all the decisions big or small concerning the town must go through her for anything to happen.

The town is not isolated of course. There's a train station in the town central in which its citizen can take its daily return train to the 'Outside'. That's what the citizens call the region outside her jurisdiction. Despite popular belief, the citizens are actually not that afraid of the Outside. When asked, they will say "She will still take care of us when we are Outside you see."

Speaking of her absolute power over the town, it's interesting to note that she controls everything in the town, like how the supply routes are arranged, how the roads are built, how the citizens interact, how they eat etc, while the population did not mind the control at all. And they seem quite grateful for that too. Quoting one of their words in a recent interview, "How do we live without her??"

Well, it seems that the prosperity of this little town in the middle of nowhere is set to have double-digit growth for the next few years under her wise charge.

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"Mum, could you get me the mini-Barney dinosaur please??"

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Actually Berder like to do a lot of random things, including writing nonsense. Of course every time Berder writes, he will try to keep the nonsensical level down. Favourite quote: "What will come will come, what will stay will stay, what will leave will leave, no matter what happens." Favourite question: "How many berders do you have?