CHAPTER 2 RAMDAS
Its
5 am in the morning and Ramdas comes calling.
{You really had to know the guy. He woke me up by throwing tiny bean
seeds at my bedroom window}. I spring
out of bed before he wakes up the whole house hold. It is also bird-catching
season. The morning air is filled with different sounds of birds singing and
chirping. And just before sunrises you
here the Cooks crowing around the neighborhood it is a festive time for all birds.
Ramdas and I plunge ourselves into the surrounding fields with high
grass. Ramdas already had a bird in a
cage, attached to that cage was a mini cage with a trap door. He also has some poles stuck with chewing gum
remains. We wait as Ramada’s bird in the cage whistles away. We were hoping his
singing would attract other birds like “Kiskadee” or a “Towa Towa”. We were hoping to trap one or two in the
little cage or on the gummy poles.
Most
families are not up that early. However
because Ramada’s Father worked on the Sugar Estate he had to be up early. We
headed to Ramdas bottom house. His
mother hadbrisk fireside going the air was filled with the aroma
of hot Cocoa and Coffee brewing, and Roti being clapped by Ramada’s sister. On
the next side of the fireside, his mother roasted some Eggplant “Bologna
chocker”. Two plates were prepared we sat in a hammock and ate using our hands as
the cool morning breeze blew.Once upon an Easter.
Attached two paintings Anancy and Sunflower which are fo sale. Also links to Once Upon an Easter eBook on barnes & Noble. com and my daughter's Magazine Spoken Black Girl.
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