Cedar Sentinel 2013-2014 Issues April 2014: Volume 47 Issue 6 | Page 19

AFRICA
Nyalouk Pal

I have not been to Africa since I have left, but from
what I can remember about the
place that I left, it was indeed
beautiful. My family and I lived
a simple life, almost like a farmers. My father grew all of our
crops and fed the animals that
we had. For many years that
was all I did. I would wake up go
to school and right after ride
my bike back home and start
to work on the farm. When
I came to the farm the first
thing I had to do was to feed
the horses that I loved to do. I
always loved to see their reaction when they got their seeds.
My favorite thing to do was to
just relax and ride them around
the farm. After that, I had to
carry these very large AND
HEAVY jugs of water to
make sure they are able to stay
hydrated. I would always hate
doing this part because everyday water would always end up
falling on me and soaking me.
This was my life until I turned
4 years old. When I turned,

5 I moved in with my four other brothers. This was a very
amazing experience. They
toughened me up and taught
me very important things about
growing up. They told me
things I should always be interested in like going to a good
school and don’t get involved
in the wrong things. Also they
said I need to always choose
the right people to hang out
with. To choose people that
would make me a better person
and not just pressure me into
making the wrong decisions. I
lived with them until I lived with
them for about five years which
I would call the best years of
my life. They were extremely
fun and always made me happy. One of the funniest things
that happened was when they
pranked me. It was so scary
that I almost peed my pants.
So I was in school one day and
they brought a gun. They then
pointed it at me and threatened
to shoot. I was so scared that I
started to run. They then shot

a firecracker, which I thought
was the sound of the gun firing. I started to pee myself
because of the extreme fright
that I experienced. They then
all started to laugh and said
that it was just a prank. That
day I was so mad at them, but
karma got them back because
all of them got suspended for
a week. Years later I went to
Canada for school. I was now
15 knowing very little about
the city life. The craziest part
was that I came to Canada
in the wintertime. I never had
seen snow in my life before.
In Africa there are only two
main seasons: the rainy season (which I hate) and the dry
season. In Canada I had to
adjust to four different ͕