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“Cocoa pods.” Mr Finlay pointed to the one the boy was splitting open with his enormous knife. “You have to break them open with a machete to get the cocoa beans out. Cocoa beans are what chocolate is made from.”
“And children do that?” Emily asked doubtfully. It didn’t look very safe. That boy was the same age as Toby. “Imagine Toby with one of those!” she hissed to Maya.
Maya nodded, and pulled a face. It didn’t bear thinking about.
Mr Finlay went on to the next photo – the same boy, but with a group of people that had to be his family, standing in front of a wobbly-looking house with a metal roof. “They don’t have a lot of choice. Most of the cocoa beans that we get our chocolate from grow on little farms called groves, and lots of the groves are run by only one family. So when it’s harvest time everyone who can work has to. Even the children. If they don’t harvest the cocoa beans, and sell them on, they don’t eat.” He smiled at Nick. “Still think it’s better than school?”
Nick shrugged one shoulder, looking embarrassed. “It doesn’t look all that bad,” he muttered.
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