we made bird traps out of baskets, a twig and a string .... and
went after the mynahs and kuku birds ....
we made dragon fly traps out of palm fronts, a stick and some
spider web ....
we climbed trees and kept chicks as pets and traded fighting
spiders ...
we made fishing rods out of bamboo and went fishing ...
we knew how to dig for tapioca and yams and sweet potatoes and
what kind of fruits to eat and what are poisonous ......or what's
it like to be woken up by loud sqawking in the chicken coop and see
the adults go after the python inside ...
we learnt how to trap freshwater eels .... how to kill a chicken
.... watched how monitor lizards and pythons being skinned ...
it's a bit sad to imagine that my kids will grow up as the
facebook generation ...
It's already happened, I grew up without these experiences. My
first contact with animals was with pet hamsters and fish bought at
the old Lakeview market.
