ay when he was eight years old, zell had then been broug

was already living with their mother when he was brought back to her, it hadn't taken him long to

some devices or the other ," Zell replied as c

as she stopped counting and just stared

the yellow light from the fading sun glittered on the surface of the water, every now and the

his brother were not going to be around to enjoy these views for much longer if his fears were confirmed he also realis

f the lake which he had built out of palm fronds and plastic sheeting, it was a very hot day

lashed about in the water, it was obvious they were

a small canoes as they tried to cast a small net, he didn't recognis

sandy slope, Philip looked up even before zell got to him, Philip had been born partially deaf and

ld we were brothers to believe it . Yes, they had different fathers but at

sed people to think that his father was probably one

dark all you could see were his eyes and his teeth if he smiled. Their mother

ro?" Zell asked, ge

bro" Philip replie

t-shirt with the number seven bodly hea

re not in the water cooling off" he said

r ago ," Philip replied, skilfully usin

up to today ?" He

Philip replied ." I played football in the morning and

d lend a hand at th

been held up because the gove

out of funds for a programme

otes. They come and make all sort of promises and start all

e still waiting for the money a politician promised ,

d never returned, and to make ends meet mother were now involving themselves in all sort of activities to make some money . They were giving their children always to total strangers , no

oking at had ever been to school, the oldest looked about six years old and the youngest three

cky to have received an education similar to that offered in the best sch

be wise for them to stay on, they had handled the running of the school over to the D

claiming he didn't have a budget to keep it running and the kids never

who was a specialist, Philip ended up learning more than the other regular kid

asked Philip as he carefully prepared two e