Monday we left Lupalilo. I was sad we were leaving . Memere was packing last minute things away. We locked windows and bolted doors.The cooking girls had made cake for breakfast.  Later that morning I met a girl that had slept on our porch that night. She had run away from home because she hadn't done her work and was afraid her mother would beat or burn her. She doesn't have hair on one side of her head. She has been burned there. I gave her a bouncy ball and she was happy. But soon she discovered I had more in my pockets. So everytime she got near me she would feel my pockets. Memere said she had run away before. She doesn't like going back home. Kids have very few toys. Pop bottle lids are collected. One day we blew up some balloons and later we found some kids chewing on the popped balloons for gum. We took it away and gave them real gum. When we had empty boxes, someone made hats from them.

Before we left we said goodbye to Barasa, Miriam, Nye, and Jafina. And then Memere and I walked down to Orupa's  sewing school and I paid her for the outfit she had made me.

 As we got in the car we waved to the kids that had gathered around to see us off. Someday I will go back. We hadn't gone too far when Uncle Jason found a Camelion  on the road. He let me hold it for about two hours while we travelled. It was three inches long and was yellow when we first found him. We watched as he turned different colors. His claws were tiny but sharp and he left me with freckle-like dots on my hand. He was cute and friendly!

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