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With a child in each arm, she stepped into the water and continued walking steadily as though she was in a trance. Once she stumbled but did not fall when her toes kicked against a boulder on the sea bed.
On entering the room, she hung her head a little and stole a look at Ah Pek. She saw an old man of about sixty to seventy years of age. He was a little overweight but he smiled at her when Mummy said, "How do you like this girl? Pretty isn't she? I guarantee she is unused."
"Ma, it is so creepy. Sometimes I wake up in the night to find Precious Abundance standing in the corner watching me sleep."
"Ah! I know what it is," said Rose laughing aloud. "I think I used too much urine as fertilizer and the papaya trees have absorbed the salt. Isn't it good? Now you do not have to sprinkle salt on your papaya."
