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Quarantine Finds
Out of this was born the idea of teaching us to play
cricket the old fashioned way. We gathered old
coconut bats and the shriveled, dried,
discarded coconuts as balls. I never knew that my
eyes and limbs worked so perfectly together.
Hitting fours and sixes became my favorite thing to
do everyday. My little brother just enjoyed being
able to run around the yard in the hot sun.
On the many days that we trekked throughout out
the backyard, our finds were always interesting.
We saw waterfowls, snakes, dragonflies, ladybugs.
We even saw more iguanas lazing about in the
trees or dashing across our yards in search of
water. When the sun got too hot, my brother and I
would wander to the adjoining property to climb
tamarind trees, and suck yellow, juicy mangoes of
different varieties.
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