We invited our friends from France to eat our poor little guinea fowl (from under our kitchen table) for dinner. It was also an occasion for their 2 kids, Léna aged 9 and Mattis aged 2, to play with our family’s kids and the kids in the neighbourhood. Who would have guest that 3 little boys, ages 8-11, in the neighbourhood would fall head over heals in love with Léna and that the war to win her heart would begin. So on Sunday just before the family left Bobo to start their trek back to France across west and northern Africa, I brought two of the young Romeos to say goodbye to their beloved and to give her the love letters that they had meticulously written. Since her departure they come daily to find out news. One of the boys even declared to his mother that one day he would marry Léna, which made her laugh. I’m not so sure that Léna is so convinced by their affection... At present I have a giant envelop on my desk full of love letters and drawings waiting to be mailed….
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