Fifteen minutes later, while the teachers were preparing coffee for us, Marshall comes in the room all excited. He is telling me a story and showing me pictures on his digital camera.
The first picture is of children approaching to talk with him and Hill.
The second, he explains is when they opened the bag of candy.
In this picture are dozens of wildly waving hands.
The next photo is of children’s faces looking at him with concern.
The photo looked rather odd until he told me that he was on the ground when the camera went off.
The children, in their excitement over the candy had, in his words, "mugged him."
He was beaming with excitement.
Moments afterwards another teacher burst into the room to exclaim that she thought one of our soldiers had got trampled by the students. We screamed with laughter.
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PFC Marshall with the students. | Students find out about the candy. |
The start of the "mugging". |