Please Don’t Wake Me Up

God has sent me on a secret mission

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Hi there, my name is Angel
and I am only two days old.

Sorry about the way I am sleeping
but my mom purposely made me sleep that way.

She didn't want people to know I was a girl,
which I really don't understand why.

I just heard her talking about ‘female infanticide’
and that she would never let that happen to me.

I don’t even know what that means,
but I am sure it's something really bad.

So, if you find me super cute,
then promise not to wake me up.

Because I heard they woke my neighbor’s baby girl,
only to put her to sleep forever.

And as you know I am on a secret mission,
I need to live to free the world from this evil forever.

Female infanticide is the deliberate killing of newborn female children. In countries with a history of female infanticide, the modern practice of sex-selective abortion is often discussed as a closely related issue. Female infanticide is a major cause of concern in several nations such as China, India, and Pakistan. It has been argued that the low status in which women are viewed in patriarchal societies creates a bias against females.