Tuesday, 29 August 2006

Toumoa and David/Penny #2

We have met our namesakes! We had heard that there were twins, named "David and Penny", in Toumoa. We really wanted to meet them and guessing their age at about 2-3yrs, we brought presents of a doll and a plastic truck, which came to pieces. We asked the Chief and he said, yes, there are twins Penny & David who are living in the next village along. He said he would pass a message for them to come along the next day (which coincidentally was William's birthday which he will celebrate this year in Borneo and celebrated in Toumoa in 2002). Well, the twins were presented to us the next day. They are identical GIRL twins! So, David is a girl! Penny surreptitiously removed the name labels from the presents and gave the presents to both girls to share. It turns out they were born on William's birthday, exactly four years previously. Wow! So, William will be pleased to hear that David and Penny were born on his birthday. The CREW