There was once a boy who lived with his family in a hill. Before going to school, he need to put the farm animals in the pasture, eat breakfast, go to Daya (East) where the well was located to take a bath then must come back from the well with buckets of water for household use.
From their house on the hill, he walk a considerable distance to reach the elementary school. The sang-atan, steep dirt road, become muddy and slippery during the rainy season and dusty the rest of the year. Walking the sang-atan (uphill path) during rainy season was very difficult. If he chooses the path through Uncle Paeng's house, he will pass through thick forest. In some instances snakes are hanging on the trees and slithering on the ground.
Sometimes he bought farm produce to school to sell to the teachers to augment his pocket money or for buying his lunch meal. He usually wrap his school supplies in plastic bags before putting it in his bag to avoid getting wet by rain.
During those days, school notebooks front covers that can be bought in the public markets were those of movie celebrities, cartoon characters and famous places. He once have a notebook with the famous San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge as its cover. He said to himself, "Someday I will see this place."
Though the boy's dream of seeing the iconic bridge took years to realized, he finally can say to himself, "YES! I have seen it!"
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Bonus - Alcatraz in the background.
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