At night in Chang Mai the streets are flooded with young children selling flowers and palm leaf crickets. They run around to gain a few more cents of income for their impoverished families. As you can imagine, it's quite hard to turn them away. By the end of the night I am always covered in Orchids.
One night a little girl around three years old tottered up to our table and silently lifted her flowers. I smiled at her and asked, "Sabai dee mai?" (How are you?) as Kelly handed her 10 bht. She responded with a huge smile and then proceeded to stick the coin in her mouth as she walked away. She was so excited she forgot to give us the flower.
Contributed by Aryn.
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