He was a small boy but faced with the tasks of a father Mike grew up loving his parents Their Income was small His parents had to keep struggling to run the home His father whose occupation was a hireling do occasionally travel His mother was a workaholic She does not attach importance to rest She worked hard to support her husband who she knows was doing his best to fend for the home In an effort to have money for the home he has travel out of the city It was when himself and his mother was at home that she fell sick Mike had no option than to assume the role of a father His action in trying to take care of his sick mother is the focus of the story