PONDS IN THE COUNTRY

YOU VISIT A COUNTRYSIDE, YOU SEE PONDS, WELLS, AND WANDER HOW THE POND CAME ABOUT. iT'S NOT A WATER HOLE YOU FIND IN THE MOVIE, IT'S JUST A HOLE IN THE GROUND. iN THE COUNTRY WE DIG OUR OWN PONDS. I REMEMBER I WAS JUST LITTLE, LESS THE A METRE IN HEIGHT. THE CONTAINER TO CARRY THE MUD IS CALLED A PUO KEE, MADE FROM CANE, IS LIKE A SEASHELL. USING A CHANKU MY SELF AND TWO ELDER BROTHER DUG A POND THE SIZE OF TWO CLASS ROOMS. WE DUG THE THE POND DURING SCHOOL HOLIDAYS, THE SOIL WERE GREY CRAYS, VERY GOOD SOIL FOR FARMING. IN THE POND WE PLANTED WATER HYASIN A WATER PLANTS. MY MOTHER CHOPPED THE PLANTS AND TOGETHER WITH THE LEFT OVER FOOD COLLECTED FROM THE FOOD OUTLETS WE FEED OUR FARM ANIMALS, THE PIGS, CHICKEN, THE DUCKS AND THE DOGS.