Day 8, Friday, Fieldtrip to the Market

Today at Foodworld, a very small van pulled up beside the store, and about ten school children - no older than four or five - emerged one at a time. Three women assembled them into a snake of held hands, and led them into the store. Some sort of field trip was taking place.

As I shopped, I saw two such "field trips" come through the market. One of the women played the role of tour guide. She led the children through the aisles and paused to pronounce the names of various items. As they came by the toiletries, she proclaimed "brush - toothbrush!", "paste! lots of paste!" (all the children stare, agape), "deo-, deoderant!", "talcum powder!"

It was a celebration of nouns.