CANOEING FOR THE FIRST TIME
I will talk about my first canoeing experience in Paniai Lake. So, it began after my mom told me to take some vegetables to another village. My mother's village is called Uwodege. This is a village located in West Enarotali, Paniai Regency. In this case, we had to go to Kito village, around an hour from Uwodege.
This story happened when I was 10 years old. I went with my cousin's sister Dolina to take vegetables, e.g. Casava and pumpkin leaves. I felt excited because it was my first time rowing a canoe. In the middle, I felt really tired, and it made me almost fall out of the canoe. Because of that, my cousin started rowing the canoe by herself. Of course, I felt upset because I could not finish rowing to the other village.
Finally, we arrived in Kito and then
walked to my cousin's home. After that, we went to the backyard to pick
vegetables. We did not wait too long, so after we took the vegetables, we returned to the canoe and started rowing again. But this time, we were not alone,
we came back with our cousin's son, who was 3 years old.
When we were rowing back to
Uwodege village, the weather suddenly became windy, making the water wave.
While we were rowing our canoe turned in a different direction because of the
weather. So, I felt frightened about it, and I told my cousin to return to Kito and just walk, even if it would take an hour and thirty minutes to arrive.
However, she convinced me that we would be alright. So, I heard her, and we all arrived safely at home.
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