Water Gods Part II

Thank you for turning the water back on in the kitchen today.  We are extremely grateful.  It seems like you feel we are not yet ready for hot water or for water in our bathroom, and that is okay.  But there is a lot of thunder and lightning right now, and we are worried for what your future plans might entail.  Please be nice to us.  We understand you will turn the water brown if you must, but please just let it stay on.  Thanks in advance.

Monkey Business

So the excitement of the day was a monkey that was in a tree inside the gates of the school.  A bunch of Grade 7 kids were outside during class, and we saw them start throwing branches and rocks at the monkey.   Adults got into the action as well.  When we came back to school after lunch, the gate was locked.  We called a teacher to let us in, and she told us the men inside the gate were trying to get the monkey while trespassing at the school and she was waiting for the police to come.  Turns out she was joking and just wanted them to apologize.

Anyway, all the learners made a beeline for the trees after school.  Tons of rocks and branches were being thrown, and at least two learners tried to climb the trees (one making it probably 30 feet up the tree).  The monkey was freaking out and making huge leaps from tree to tree.  I asked a kid (one of the Grade 7s who speaks passable English) what the other learners were doing.

Kid: Trying to kill the monkey.

Me:  Noooo!!!

Kid: They want to eat it.

Me: No way.

Kid: Do you want the monkey?

Me: No, but I don’t want it to be killed.

Kid:  But monkeys are food.

Don’t worry.  The teachers kicked everyone out of the schoolyard before the monkey was actually knocked out of the tree.  Just a small reminder that we aren’t in America anymore.

Dear Water Gods,

Thank you for raining practically nonstop for 3 days straight.  That was really fun.  Our water turned brown, but Crystal Light can make almost anything drinkable.  We didn’t even mind that our laundry has been soaking in a bucket ready to go outside since Tuesday.  But now our water has been off for awhile now, and we’d really like to bathe.  Also, we’re running out of clean underwear.  Please throw us a bone.

Sincerely,

Needs to bathe in Ngwelu