Clever Work Vivian!

Food here is a bit of a lottery. Strangely, I think that the food on the roadside is quite OK as people tend to eat it all the time. The fish in a box looks a bit dodgy though!
Outside my door, the men gather nightly and speak only French..I think they are from Benin. I can only converse very slightly with them, but they are friendly and full of greetings (no handshakes though...we don't touch women!)
Have discovered why Reba doesnn't talk much (you genius Pen)...she belongs to one of the men and only speaks French Ha ah...doing better with her now.
I teach a little girl that lives next door to me. Her name is Vivian..very cute but a bit lazy.
I had promised that I would loan her some books in the evening to help with her reading. Well...as it turns out, the kids here DON'T return books and go to interesting lengths to avoid it.
This morning, I asked for one of the books so that I could photocopy it for everyone. She wasn't happy and I thought...'oh dear...not going to get this'.
Mext thing, Mum comes along, and yells at V to get the book. Vivian goes into the house, a door slams and she emerges--bookless--smiling--having locked the door, her mother out and the book in! Clever girl. Temporary...Mum put her foot into the door and we had the book. I though that was a bit extreme myself and would have preferred to quietly congratulate Vivian on her lateral thinking!