A day in a life and home of a child in a informal settlements

Today I woke up and I was extremely freezing because there was showers of rain and I could feel some on my cheek because it came through the roof. I walked to the kitchen and there it was for the fifth time a clump of rain from the door and straight to the kitchen. I was going to clean it up but I first went to go see if there was any  food because I was terribly hungry and my throat felt as dry as rats tail . There it was again nothing but a bottle of red wine that my mom and granny worship .I really don’t like when they drink the red wine because they go all crazy and loud . I really should have been at school , but weather like today is no good to go out except to the dam to fetch water .

If there was 3 things I could wish for , it would be to have a blanket  and a bed to sleep in , a proper toilet and food in the house. My friend Zara and I try to go to the dam at the same time but it normally does not work , but today it did. I saw Zara there and I was very excited We took our buckets , filled them as much as possible and went home . It was extremely freezing and wet and it was so painful carrying the heavy bucket when I was walking home. Normally at this time a few guys would be asking me for money or taking water out of my bucket , but not today.

I don’t like it here, but this is where I grew up and the way it’s looking , I’m not going anywhere . I got home, gave my mom and granny some water and tried to sleep but it did not really work because of the thrashing rain. I fell fast asleep , finally , but with an empty stomach. I’m dreaming about God helping me and my family . So far it is the best dream ever and I hope it never ends.

Singing Inspecter Blog

Last week the singing inspector came.His name is Raymond .He has a ginger looped moustache, grey frizzy hair and has a smart suit with ugly knickerbockers.

My friends and I were so scared and  terrified of his rudeness and selfishness! Because this is what he did to us .

He made everybody come into the huge room except the little ones and the children that did not do music .We all had to sing the do ra me fa so late song which was so complicated. He called Benny and Charles up . “ He said “ Now you too the long and short you will sing for us . The problem was that they did not know one single song .

He got very angry and was shouting at them saying things like what can you sing or sing something! But finally Charles said in a soft voice, we can sing Pretty Polly ? Then sing it he shouted ! They began to sing but it was revolting.We all wanted to laugh but we were to frightened. Benny and Charles just stopped right before the verse because I think they were out of breath.  Mr R shouted “waste of time waste of time for vocalists that are idiots in singing class”

Then he called me ! I sang on the modelater , it was quit a nice song. But soon it was over and it was Gladys Armstrong and Irises turn . Gladys was shaking, I could feel her . But then” Mr R said “ What do we have here , the deaf and the dumb ? That night I had a nightmare that Mr R was biting my head off but I was fine after a while because dad came to sit with me . I told dad about him and from then I have never done singing again