17th March 2005
“I have noticed on ocassion, an Indian family that lives in a place that Edward (our driver) and i, drive past each day, on the main road out of Benson Town. I first noticed them a few days ago, whilst stuck in a traffic jam.
It was the woman I became aware of first, dressed in old dirty rags, loitering behind one of the electric cabling boxes on the side of the road. Then as we drove a little further, i noticed her daughter…. a tiny toddler of maybe 14 months, dressed only in a ripped and filthy t.shirt (size 6 months) and although her malnourished frame was tiny the t.shirt clung to her body.
That was all she was wearing, that single item. And as it was so small you could see her naked bum as she ran around the edge of the road, at least 50 feet from the safety of her mum. The most disturbing thing however, aside from a baby playing by the edge of a main road, was also the reason that this family were obviously really poor and not just cheeky beggars, their hair!
Their hair was a funny auburn colour, and looked like it had been completely singed from root to tip, it was chopped or hacked into, leaving a disturbing scarecrow, frizzy effect.
Days later, ive seen them again, only this time there were maybe 10 children and 4 adults, all with this very strange hair.
I cant help, but to keep thinking of them, and what brought them to their life by the side of the road, with scarecrow hair!”
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