THE LAND IS NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE. PEOPLE HAVE MOVED TO THE SEA AND TO THE URBAN centers. you don’t HEAR THE VOICES OF little CHILDREN ON VILLAGES anymore. ONLY OLD FARMERS ARE LEFT LOOKING AT A LAND WHICH WAS ONCE FULL OF LIFE. AND YET, DESPITE THE ROUGHNESS OF THEIR LIVES SOME STILL SMILE AS IF THEY keep a SECRET THAT HAS BEEN LOST TO MOST. The old farmer looked at me: the people deserted the land! He said. But the land remains.