day 4

My bed is so uncomfortable that the best part of my night is when it's time to wake up. But today I had no choice because I heard someone calling my name. I opened my eyes and Benedict was standing beside my bed. It was 6.11 am. The fact is that yesterday I had the unfortunate idea of showing him my headphones promising him to let him listen to some music with them. He couldn't wait.

Benedict is one of the sons of Alfred. He's 8, very lively and curious and we've been friends since the very first moment we met.

After breakfast we had to do some work.

The first task was to fetch water from the well and take it to the school (there's no running water here). Obviously, I had to carry the water in the African way: there was a very big bowl filled with 20 litres of water and I had to put it on my head. On the first attempt, I simply caused all of the spectators to laugh as I spilled half of it along the way, but then I continued to improve until I finally got it right the fifth time.

The second task was to build some shelves for the kitchen: just a few bricks and a couple of wooden planks and it was done! 

Later, after I came back from the town, I found Alfred spraying insecticide against termites in the wooden structures of the school. The problem was he did it also in my room: I really hope this benzene smell will fade away soon!

But another setback happened: I broke a flip flop! I was already wondering where the hell I could find new ones when Benedict came to save me. "Give it to me" he said. A nail was enough to make it as good as new again. 

Don't immediately throw away what can be fixed.