Paljas se Kas WAS SKILLFULLY HANDMADE BY FRANCES v.H Studio IN SOUTH AFRICA
PART OF THE 'Are We There Yet' COLLECTION.

Paljas Se Kas, the spaza shop owned by Janneman and Rita, is the best place to gather for speckled eggs, R2 se los lekkers, and town gossip. On heated summer nights all you can do to distract yourself is turn on the radio and sit outside on the store wall watching the moon. You think of the poem mom taught us as kids: If the moon came from Heaven talking all the way. What would it have to tell us and what would it have to say? O but it´s hot. Someone walks past and behind her follows the throwaway line: Jy is my rooi rok bokkie Janneman won´t let throwaway lines pass him by; Jou wat? Nee niks, says anon and moves on. The radio continues to accompany us through the heat wave; Die padda wou gaan opsit met sy nooi in die vlei, ahum Die padda wou gaan opsit met sy nooi in die vlei, ahum Die padda wou gaan opsit met sy nooi in die vlei maar ´n opsit kers kom hy nêrens kry Ahum, ahum, ahum chicky bum chicky bubblegum.