SUMMERING

Most children plays ceaselessly when they are young and when it is summer. Summer means it’s not waking up early. It doesn’t mean you must know and memorize the multiplication table. Summer meant you do not have to plant mongo seeds in cans and watch them grow. Summer meant day-long games. We splashed around in the early morning sun. We dug holes in the hard packed earth in the backyard to house our marbles. The children even save money in their favorite piggy bank for the things needed on the games they will be playing.

Summer nights were also lovely, the moon shines brightly and everybody, young and old are having fun. Children are playing hide and seek. The yard with its orchards, there are pig pen, chicken coops, and there are two huge acacia tree which is dark and could be an enchanting kingdom. And their the kids hid, up in the trees, near the pig’s trough, beside the sleeping chickens, behind the acacia tree. And there the so energetic children ran, in the yard fragrant with the smell of leaves, hearts pounding with every step and sweat cooled by the night wind.

It is also fun to go swimming under the luminous moonlight. Young voices shrill in the wind. Everybody are laughing out loud. Some are singing at the videoke, some grills food while most of the people are in the swimming pool. When everybody had enough in the water they leave the place to get a rest for tomorrows itinerary. Summer is always an unforgettable experience which everyone would not neglect especially to the young generation.