He used to get sick to his stomach riding in cars. They called it car sick or car sickness and they would push the dramamine tablets in his mouth. He also got sick in class because two students from the same family would rarely bathe and also it was rumoured that they had cooties or lice at least and that also would turn his stomach sour. Then there was the sawdust poured over students who would puke in class. That smell always seemed to linger. One black and white dressed frocked nun made
Dex knell in the corridor where all the students went from one class to the other just because he laughed in class. He was not fond of that penguin for the remaining time in that school. She also brutally smashed down on the tops of his hands with a yard ruler and one time broke the ruler being she enjoyed a sadistic session with the young boys on a regular basis.
There wasn't alot to do on a house boat--sit on the upper deck, ring for tea and
cookies or summon the servants for a bath to be drawn or a time to prepare a lunch or a dinner. Dex would read a thick book on the top deck when the weather permitted. In India that was usually every day.
Sometimes they would row him into the area where the stores were to buy Coca Cola or 35 mm film.
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