Snapshot #7 - Spiderboy *Cambodia Special*
I met Spiderboy, really named Ting, outside of Angkor Wat in Cambodia. He and two other kindergarten-aged girls where out targeting tourists with over-priced postcards. It is a gross understatement to say that these kids were persistent in their pursuit to separate me from my money. I met their teary-eyed, whiny pleas of “you buy post-cards, sir” by asking if they could say the days of the week. I think they secretly loved the change of topic as they played along with me in reciting “Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Sunday.” I did as much as I could in way of helping them put the days in the right order, but they dashed off in the blink of an eye as they saw a police motorcycle turn the corner. After a while, they came back to continue their panhandling/unrequested English lesson.
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So did they seperate you from your money? This is like a movie that doesn’t end… the suspense! Did they learn the days of the week? its killing me!