Pāhonoa te oro

As his car entered the village… Dust rose into the air… People stopped what they were doing… They stared at the car in surprise… Children ran beside the road… Laughing and pointing… Women stood at their doorways… Watching quietly… The car was too big… too clean… too expensive… It did not belong there… David noticed everything… The simplicity… The struggle… The quiet life… It was very different from his world… ⸻ Then suddenly… His eyes stopped on someone… A young girl… Walking