The rain, in my opinion, is extremely unpredictable but
everyone else here in Kafule seems to think that there is nothing mysterious
about it. Elizabeth was able to predict
two weeks out the exact day that the rain would start! Last week on Wednesday it was cloudy when I
woke up. It had poured all night so the
morning was cool and dark. But as the
day went on the clouds cleared and by the time I got home from school the sun
was shining. So when I set out for the
market I didn’t think to grab my umbrella… big mistake! I got about half way there, sun still
shining, and I saw Mr. Kamwela, a friend who lives in Isoko. He looked at me and asked where my umbrella
was. I looked up at the blue sky and
then back at him, a little confused. He laughed
and said it would be raining in 10 minutes.
Sure enough about 5 minutes later the clouds began rolling over the
mountains. And I got wet, I mean soaked,
as the rain began to pour down… lesson learned.
So Friday morning I woke up to a grey sky and dark
clouds. I got ready, grabbed my umbrella
and set out for school. On the way I saw
Elizabeth. She looked at me and asked
why I had my umbrella. I looked up at
the clouds and then looked back at her, a little confused. She laughed and said it wasn’t going to rain
that day. When I got to school I had almost the exact same conversation with
both Stela and Mr. Mwalongu, the headmaster.
They both laughed hysterically at my ignorance but at least Mr. Mwalongu
consoled me by saying, “well, prevention is better than cure.” And sure enough within about half an hour the
sky cleared and it was a beautiful sunny day.
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