Mix 'n Match

COLOUR CARNIVAL

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MIX 'N MATCH

When I was in South Africa a couple of years ago,

I visited a Pre-school for a while,

And the sight of all the toddlers in their colourful attire

Was something that soon conjured-up a smile.

Most of them wore hand-me-downs, donated by kind people,

But all of them were neat and smartly dressed.

And their manners and behaviour were impeccable as well.

To put it briefly, I was most impressed.

I had lived in South Africa during Apartheid days,

When a gulf was yawning in between the races,

And a European woman would not have been allowed

To visit many purely African places.

So this was most refreshing! Toddlers who'd grow up

Without the dreadful barriers of the past.

I left with a sense of optimism, for I truly felt

That equality was on the way at last.

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A sadder view of Africa here:

http://rinklyrimes.blogspot.com/2008/12/230-lost-limpopo.html