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Please, don’t speak to the police in English

My grandmother Paolina (not Pauline) used to narrate to us how kids would steal her mangoes every time she left home to fetch water. At times they would hide in the leafy branches and await for her to take her second trip to the river and to upset their scheme, she would occasionally restrain from the second trip just to punish the brats.

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