The other day when I was hanging out the washing a nervous looking probably 6 year old kid poked his face through our face asking for one of the guavas off our tree. I grabbed a few and passed them through the fence and the kid immediately started to eat them like an apple. Word got around and the next day he came back...with the other 10 kids he lives with! Ethan thought it was the best thing ever! Any shyness or lack of confidence was gone and Eth suddenly found himself taking orders and climbing pretty high up to get the ones they wanted. He realised that it was every man for himself and the littlest girl was actually missing out. Ethan would have none of this. His new approach is to pick the guavas on his own, cut them in half, get the kids in pairs and hand them their share in an orderly and civilised manner. If anyone has a problem with this, he/she will miss out. Simple. He's a thinker!

Ethan with his gang of hungry customers

Taking charge of the guava situation.