This blog contains adventure tales, travel stories and those little trips that make living a little exciting....
Kalbo
Sunday, May 1st, 2011
Kalbo was sobbing silently in the corner. He cut two of his toes with a sharp bolo. Seeing blood and the fresh cuts on the ten-year old boy made me shiver. But it was nothing to be bothered about. Not for this family whose patriarch sports a big scar on his neck. He was attacked with a machete a few years back, his head almost separating from his body.
Today, the kids are to carry on their shoulders sack-loads of charcoal across the river. And despite the cuts, Kalbo has to share in the labor. With wild herbs and a piece of cloth, he bandaged his toes, took a sack-load of charcoal, and limped his way along the footpath snaking across a hill towards the valley below.
Incredible story. What a strong willed 10 year old boy.
Posted by Stephania Andrade at May 11, 2011, 4:19 am