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CONTENTS

April/ May 2020

FEATURES

10 PERSONA Tong Fuk resident Hillian Siu: Founder of For a Cleaner Ocean

15 EDUCATION 6 ways for students to maximise home-study time

16 WALKABOUT Hike the dog’s teeth ridges between Shek Pik Reservoir and Shui Hau

20 HOME CHEF Lentils are versatile, cheap and surprisingly delicious. Try them three ways!

32 MOMENTS The Almost True Story of Sandy Primary School by James Lambert

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Hillian Sui on Cheung Sha beach / Photo by Duey Tam

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he working from home, the school closures and the quarantine zones. The temperature checks, mask wearing and hand sanitising. The rising number of global cases and the waning number of flights. Life in the time of COVID-19 is familiar enough to those of us who made it through SARS, and Bird and Swine Flu but still, no one could have predicted the outbreak of this particular coronavirus. Or could they?

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In his 1981 bestseller, The Eyes of Darkness, Dean Koontz writes: “In around 2020 a severe pneumonia-like illness will spread throughout the globe, attacking the lungs and bronchial tubes and resisting all known treatments.” The disease, Koontz says, is caused by a biological weapon: “Wuhan-400 [which was] developed outside of the city of Wuhan [and brought to the US] by a Chinese scientist named Li Chen.” How spooky is that?

Koontz predicts (in his novel) that the illness will “suddenly vanish as quickly as it arrived, attack again 10 years later, and then disappear completely.” The word on the street, in 2020, is that we will be free of COVID-19 within three months. Until then, stay strong everybody #DealingWithIt in Lantau.

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With the Hong Kong Trail Map, you can keep track of all the trails you have conquered, and plan your future adventures. The map is a must-have for any hiking enthusiast in Hong Kong – hit the trails and then scratch off your achievements! For more information and to buy, visit www.hktrailmap.com and be sure to use the 10% discount code LANTAU10; to pick up a map on Lantau head to Lantau Base Camp in Mui Wo.

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To adopt or foster a pet and make a difference, head to www.tailslantau.org To offer your support by donating or volunteering, head to www.tailslantau.org/donate-volunteer TAILS’ Adoption Days are held every Saturday, 2 to 5pm; usually we will be at China Bear (Mui Wo) or Treasure Island (Pui O). Stay tuned for weekly location updates by following us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/tailslantau) and Instagram (www.instagram.com/tails.lantau).

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Jane is just 8 weeks old. She’s from a litter of three newly rescued pups (Jane, Judy and Astro – The Jetsons!) who are all looking for families to take them in and love them forever!

Charlie is 11 months old. She was found running around scared looking for food, but she has grown into a beautiful, loving cat who loves to play and chat to her foster family.

Bubi is 12 months old. He loves being outdoors exploring and hiking and he is calm, gentle, playful, friendly and loyal with humans, K9s or felines! He loves to cuddle!

Bak-Bak is 12 months old. He is calm, gentle, sweet and easy-to-train, and he loves spending time with his fosters. Like his brother Bubi, he loves socialising with other dogs and going on hikes.

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Neil Godbold and Hillian Siu

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Documentarian, filmmaker, kitesurfer and environmentalist Hillian Siu is determined to clean up our oceans, one surf at a time.

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At FCO’s inaugural event in January

irus-mania has gripped the city, but Hillian Siu and Neil Godbold sit without extra gear at an ifc café. Neither looks inordinately worried for their safety: the mall is nearly empty. And it’s pretty quiet in their corner of Lantau. A short jaunt to Central doesn’t pose too much of a risk. “I live in Tong Fuk village and Neil lives just down from Pui O,” says Hillian. “We never see anyone.” Everyone admits the public health scare and resulting xenophobia has been worrying, but there’s joking about the great toilet paper rush of 2020. “I can’t wait for the film about the armed toilet paper robbery,” quips Neil.

do when I visit sometimes – and Uncle Lai took me under his wing.”

Hillian picked up kitesurfing while attending university in Melbourne.

A filmmaker and TV documentary producer by trade, Hillian grew up splitting her time between Tsuen Wan and her dad’s native Cheung Chau. It was weekends with extended family and various “uncles” that gave her a taste for the water. “When I was young, I hung out with an uncle [Lai Gun] who ran a windsurfing centre and outdoor café.

That was probably the first one ever in Hong Kong – they call him the windsurfing godfather,” she says. The fact that Olympic gold medalwinning windsurfer Lee Lai-shan hails from Cheung Chau helped spark her interest. “So, I worked in the café and helped out – I still

“Kiting changed my outlook on life. After my brother’s accident, kitesurfing was… something I needed for my mental health. It really has helped me through moments of depression,” she says. “When I was younger, I was all about adrenalin, and windsurfing and kitesurfing are about speed. But as I grew older the test of determination drew me in. And the power of the wind and the waves, of nature, when you feel you’re mastering it – not in a cocky way, because the waves can destroy you just like that – there’s something spiritual about it, about being out there all by yourself.”

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Now 34, Hillian relocated to South Lantau just over two years ago, and though she’s somewhat reluctant to admit it, the move was for the kitesurfing. “I like living across the road from a beach, and that’s where I go kiting. It’s the only place in Hong Kong where you can be assured of wind on a windy day.” It may sound flip but kitesurfing became more important for Hillian after a devastating motorbike accident involving her brother a decade ago.

In March 2019, Hillian was the first person to kitesurf from Hong Kong to Macau

Hillian became Asia’s first-ever women’s Kiteboard Tour Asia champion in 2009, and she has spent a lot of time on the waters around Hong Kong, witnessing the growing plastic pollution problem first-hand as she trained. This led her to a personal challenge in March 2019 – a kitesurf from Hong Kong to Macau (she was the first person ever to do so) – in order to raise local awareness of the ocean plastic issue and launch For a Cleaner Ocean (FCO).

For a cleaner ocean For the uninitiated, kitesurfing is precisely what it sounds like, a combination of traditional surfing and a propelling accoutrement:

a paddle, powerboat or sail. “You’re always wobbling on a board somehow,” chimes in Neil, who’s not sitting there for the sake of it.

Neil is accompanying Hillian on her mission to drum up awareness for the pair’s relatively new venture: FCO. The pair (he calls himself project consultant, she calls him FCO co-founder) met when Neil relocated to Hong Kong with his partner, and he “needed a job that didn’t involve being a pilot, a teacher or in finance.” Like Hillian, Neil has been in the watersports industry pretty much all his life, as a competitor, trainer, event organiser and through the media. Hillian’s dad was a merchant marine, his was in the Royal Navy, and both grew up on water. Enter FCO. Hillian’s idea is a deceptively simple one: “FCO aims to raise funds for the betterment of our oceans by mobilising the power of kiters and allies around the globe. Its mission is to inspire and promote awareness of ocean pollution, its impact on ecosystems and marine life, and contribute to the global response by combining advocacy and action into a single action.

“When I moved to Lantau, I could see the Macau ferry leaving and I thought… let’s get 30 kiters to kitesurf to Macau and raise funds to support ocean recovery projects and innovations,” she adds.

The grander scheme pivots on tapping the substantial watersports community: Finding a way to fundraise and get those funds into the hands of people who can affect practical change on the deplorable state of our waters. To that end FCO’s first partner is Ocean Recovery Alliance, a Hong Kong- and California-based charity focused on education, community events and solution-based summits, that has been battling the ocean plastics problem for the past 10 years.

Hillian on her beloved Cheung Sha beach

Surfers and divers are on the proverbial frontline of marine pollution, but Hillian and Neil both admit they don’t want to go out and clean beaches in their spare time – with all due respect to those who do. “Part of me would rather go kiting, another part of me just doesn’t believe the act is making any difference or is effective,” Hellian says ruefully. “Of course, many people would ask how much impact we’re actually going to make with FCO. But it’s not about debating whether it is the most effective way to solve the problems. Sometimes it is simply about choosing a medium that you believe in, running with it and doing it wholeheartedly.

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PERSONA PERSONA Neil signed on because he liked the idea of playing to their personal strengths, which were not science, political hobnobbing and making strangers pick up trash. “Hillian’s idea was, ‘Why not do what we always do, get some money for it and give it to people who can do those things?’

Rather than setting up a charity it was about setting up a funding source,” he says. Anyone who ever funded a kid for a sponsored walk will recognise the idea. Kitesurfers get personal sponsors – HK$10 each hour they’re on the water, HK$250 for the trek to Macau – and the money goes to Ocean Recovery.

Combining wind and paddle power FCO’s first event in January was supposed to be a 55-kilometre kite from Hong Kong to Macau.

When Hillian made the crossing a year earlier, she did it in just over two hours, but the team realised early on that they lacked the resources to get a large group of kiters across. As it turned out, the wind also refused to play ball, failing to make an appearance on the day – it made no difference.

“In the end, we realised people were there to raise money, and they were quite happy to paddle instead,” says Neil. “We had kiters who absolutely hate stand-up paddleboarding, but they did it anyway.”

Twelve challengers gritted their teeth and took on a two-hour paddle endurance course off Cheung Sha beach, completing a total of 139 laps to raise over HK$90,000 for Ocean Recovery Alliance.

Only on Lantau can kiters be assured of wind on a windy day

If nothing else, the paddle proved the will for change exists. It was also a good learning curve for FCO, as the team realised the combination of wind or paddle power will help them achieve their fundraising event goals going forward.

In addition to the involvement of local kiters, Lantau’s business community has been supportive, with Long Coast Seasports donating a venue and safety boat support, Coffee Bay Roastery staff donating its tips every month (tip your servers, people), and Gallery Bar & Restaurant supplying food and a venue for a launch party last October. All of it gave Hillian and Neil the momentum they needed to continue sculpting a sustainable fundraising model that would work in watersports industries both here and abroad. “We hope the January event is the first of many and that it marks the foundation of FCO as a future international movement,” Hillian says.

Hillian, who has competed in the Philippines, Vietnam, China, Thailand and Taiwan, counts northern Portugal as her current favourite spot for kiting given the combination of the sun, the glorious coastline and the clear water. It’s why she decided to do something about our water. “A good kiting day in Hong Kong is superb. Looking up at the mountains, it’s just beautiful,” she states, before a final lament. “But when you look down, it’s heart breaking.”

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OVID-19 has had Lantau kids studying at home for two long months, and, at the time of writing, the date when schools will reopen remains uncertain. This situation is challenging for schools, teachers, parents, pupils – but most of all, perhaps, for older students for whom exam time is looming. Few educationalists believe that there is a viable long-term alternative to face-to-face teaching in an interactive classroom setting but there are ways to make the most of the online learning experience. Here are some tips for students looking to maximise their productivity, while reducing their stress levels.

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Trust that during this challenging period, your school has put a comprehensive, balanced and flexible online learning programme into place. These online programmes are not just about filling time – they provide meaningful, planned learning experiences. Teachers are aware that your parents may not be in a position to support you in your studies. Know that they have taken the level of pupil independence into account when designing these programmes.

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While online teaching methods vary from school to school, all aim to minimise the risk of disengagement that can happen when pupils are working independently. Make use of the instructional videos that are created by your teachers. You can watch the videos, multiple times if necessary, to comprehend and digest content. If teachers are available online for real-time support (online chats or video conferencing on school-endorsed platforms) make the most of it.

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The absence of regular interaction in the classroom increases learning intensity, so you may find that teachers have adapted the length of your lessons into bite-size sessions. Don’t feel pressured into doing too much extra work, it is unhealthy for you to sit in front of your screen on your own for hours a day.

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You can greatly enhance your at-home learning experience by creating a structured environment and adhering to a routine.

Where you choose to study is up to you, just make sure it’s a distraction-free zone. There’s a slew of programmes you can find online that will temporarily block you from accessing sites on both your phone and computer, so you can concentrate on your work.

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It comes as no surprise that online learning can be an isolating experience. Allowing yourself time for relaxation and other activities – especially plenty of exercise - is paramount.

Balancing your workload will also help you avoid anxiety in an already stressful period. Go for a run or a cycle ride, head to the gym or a yoga class, and use up your adrenaline.

Exercise is calm-inducing and will also increase your ability to concentrate.

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While the weather remains cool and before the low cloud cover rolls in, Jason Pagliari invites you to climb 539 metres to enjoy the stunning views from Middle Dog’s Teeth ridge to the south of Lantau Peak View from Kau Nga Ling over Tiger Roar Rock River and Middle Dog’s Teeth ridge

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ighly regarded by Hong Kong hikers, less familiar to most Lantauers, are the three ridge lines to the south of Lantau Peak that climb up from the water catchment road between Shek Pik Reservoir and Shui Hau village to a 539metre hilltop known as Kau Nga Ling, literally Hill of Dog’s Teeth.

These jagged ridge lines resemble the lines of teeth in a dog’s jaw, and the views across them are amazing as you press onwards with Lantau Peak looming high above.

Our hike today is up Middle Dog’s Teeth ridge from Shek Pik Reservoir and down East Dog’s Teeth ridge to Shui Hau. We’ll reach 539 metres above sea level and cover a distance of 6.5 kilometres; it should take around three-and-a-half hours at a leisurely pace. This hike is fairly tough and requires a good level of fitness, as well as proper shoes and perhaps gloves for those sections where you need to grab on to the rocks…

We climb stone steps up through tall trees and it’s steep in places but easy going. The path widens out at the top of the steps, still in forest. After about 25 minutes, we come to a warning sign in the trees on our right that looks brand new; this is the start of the trail to Middle Dog’s Teeth ridge.

Not so long ago, only the most extreme ridge, West Dog’s Teeth, had a warning sign. Recently, all of the trails to Kau Nga Ling have had these signs installed at their start, seemingly to deter casual hikers from attempting the summit of Lantau Peak. But don’t be put off!

There is a dangerous wall called Tightrope Pass at the peak’s higher levels, above Kau Nga Ling, but that doesn’t affect us on this walk.

What’s more, West Dog’s Teeth ridge features on the cover of the

Start: Shek Pik Reservoir

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Our hike starts at the bus stop on the east side of Shek Pik Reservoir; there’s a parking lot where it’s easy enough to leave your car for a few hours. Looking towards Lantau Peak, far in the distance on the right, we see where we’re headed – a chalk-white trail leading up to a rounded hill top.

Setting off, we walk east along South Lantau Road for about eight minutes to a picnic area with a big entrance sign ‘Tong Fuk Catchwater’. Just inside, we cross a bridge over the catchwater channel, where a map informs us that we are now on Shek Pik Country Trail. This trail climbs up the mountainside to Ngong Ping, winding its way to the touristic Wisdom Path and its many inscribed wooden columns.

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Sunny the dog leads the way up to Kau Nga Ling

latest Lantau Island & Neighbouring Islands hiking map (Hong Kong Countryside Series), so these are all well-recognised hiking trails.

Up and down the dog’s teeth ridges The trail to Middle Dog’s Teeth ridge is steep and narrow; you’ll spot colourful ribbons amongst the trees, letting you know that you’re headed in the right direction. In parts, you will be holding onto tree trunks to pull yourself up.

When you break tree cover, it can get a bit gravelly in places, so be careful not to slip. There are breath-taking views of Shui Hau and its ‘kite surfing’ bay to the southeast and soon, we’re at the chalky white trail to the hilltop we noted from down at the reservoir. There is a trig point at the top which means it’s time for a breather and swig of water. We spot our trail winding its way further up the ridge.

At this point, the Ngong Ping Buddha is visible poking out above the west ridge on our left and, below us on the right, East Dog’s Teeth, smaller than the middle ridge we’re on, lies on the other side of a heavily forested valley. Stream trekkers like to climb up this valley, which they call Tiger Roar Rock River, as it ends in a dramatically steep scree slope.

From here on up, you can follow the progress of other hiking groups on the different ridges. Extreme hikers stick to West Dog’s Teeth ridge which, in places, looks like a sheer cliff with a vertigoinducing knife-edge profile – not inviting at all if you ask our group.

The path leads downhill a short distance before ascending again and we become increasingly aware just how massive Lantau Peak is; it looks like Mount Everest up ahead. There are some big boulders on the trail, which you can climb to enjoy the amazing views and keep tabs on those adrenalin junkies on the west ridge.

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A little further on, we reach the highest point of this hike, where we turn right at a rounded hilltop, passing over the scree slope at the end of Tiger Roar Rock River to the next hill, Kau Nga Ling.

At this point, we take a well-earned break, stopping to chat with other hikers, everyone commenting on how beautiful the day is.

Descent to Shui Hau Starting down East Dog’s Teeth ridge, there is a fork to the left, marked with a blue ribbon, which will take you to the catchwater near Tong Fuk village. (Turn left once you’ve crossed the catchwater, and then right at the first corner). Note that the route up to Kau Nga Ling from Tong Fuk isn’t a ridge line, it’s more of a forest hike, where you break tree cover at altitude. To take this trail, walk up Ma Po Ping Road at the west of Tong Fuk, past the prison to the catchwater. Turn left and there’s a bridge at the first corner. Cross over, climb the steps and follow a concrete drainage channel to the right. The trail starts here; there are bright ribbons to follow all the way to Kau Nga Ling.

But on this hike, we’re headed to Shui Hau, so we keep right at the fork. The trail is pretty steep and slippery for the first 100 metres – watch your step because you will kick up loose stones. Keep your hands free as you will be going slowly and making use of the bushes lining the trail to stabilise yourself.

Once you’ve navigated that slope successfully, the trail narrows before arriving at a huge boulder, which is easy to climb over, and

Middle Dog’s Teeth ridge from the Shek Pik Country Trail

then descends into a forest of gnarly trees and ferns. Keeping left, we look out for those colourful ribbons to guide us back to the catchwater, where we emerge at a bridge and a distance post marker, L102.

Nearing the end of our trek, we turn right at the catchwater; at the first corner there’s a pagoda and a signpost to a trail that leads downhill to Shui Hau. It’s a very wide trail and we pass a lot of graves before hitting South Lantau Road at a red fire hydrant. Turning right, Shui Hau is about 200 metres around the corner. The village has two restaurants, so we grab a bowl of noodles before taking the bus home.

Views across East Dog’s Teeth ridge to Shui Hau

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Eat your legumes Lentils are versatile, cheap and surprisingly delicious! Try them in a salad, an Indian dhal or as a tasty accompaniment to meat or fish

Lentil and Squash Salad Serves 2 350g butternut squash, chopped 75ml cucumber and mint raita 250g tin Puy lentils 2tbsp fresh parsley, chopped 1 large apple, chopped 1 small lettuce, sliced fine

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Heat the oven to 220°C. Toss the squash in a little olive oil, season and roast for 30 minutes or until golden. Make a raita by combining plain Greek yoghurt with finely sliced cucumber and mint. Add 3 teaspoons of water, stir until smooth and set aside. Toss the lentils with half the raita, squash and parsley. Mix in the apples and lettuce. Tip the salad onto a plate, top with the remaining squash, raita and parsley, and a drizzle of olive oil.

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Tarka Dhal Serves 2 400g red lentils 2tsp turmeric 30g unsalted butter 2tsp cumin seeds

Place the lentils in a pan and cover with cold water. Bring to the boil, skim off any surface scum, and reduce to a simmer.

Stir in the turmeric and half the butter. Cover and leave to cook gently. Dry-fry the cumin seeds for 3 minutes. Remove from the pan. Melt the remaining butter in the same pan and gently fry the garlic, onion, chillies, ginger and tomatoes.

Once the garlic is golden, mix in the toasted cumin seeds, garam masala and ground coriander. Once the lentils are completely soft (the consistency of porridge) mix in the spices. Season to taste, top with fresh coriander, and serve with rice and greens.

2 garlic cloves, finely sliced 1 small onion, finely chopped 2 fresh green chillies, finely sliced 3-inch piece fresh ginger, finely grated 2 tomatoes, chopped small 1tsp garam masala 1tsp ground coriander 3tsp fresh coriander, chopped fine

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Salmon with Lentils Serves 2 2 salmon fillets 1 lemon, finely sliced 1 garlic clove, chopped fine 1 medium onion, chopped fine 4 streaky bacon rashers, diced 250g tin Puy lentils ½ fish stock cube 2tbsp fresh parsley, chopped 1tbsp Dijon mustard 1tbsp capers, chopped

Preheat the oven to 200°C. Bake the salmon for 25 minutes, with the lemon slices arranged on top.

Fry the garlic, onion and bacon. Drain off excess oil. Warm the lentils, adding the crumbled stock cube. Mix in the garlic, onion and bacon. Cook through then stir in 1 tablespoon of parsley, and the mustard and capers. Place the salmon and a few spinach leaves on top of the lentils, garnish with the remaining parsley and serve.

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Over Valentine’s weekend, February 14 to 16, lovers from all over Lantau converged on Pui O beach to enjoy a special promotion provided by Treasure Island Beach Club. Find more familiar faces @ www.lifeonlantau.com

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On February 15 at The Trail Hub Valentine’s Day Race, teams of two had four-and-a-half hours to complete either the 14-kilometre Tough Love trail or the 9-kilometre Easy Love. Find more familiar faces @ www.lifeonlantau.com

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GIVING LIFE SHOULDN’T BE SO DEADLY Ramatoulaye, who lives in Burkina Faso, was about to give birth to her fourth child, but the boatman was nowhere to be found. Unable to get to the health centre across the river, she gave birth alone on the river banks.

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Adventures on Plop Street

In this excerpt from The Almost True Story of Sandy Primary School by James Lambert, we find out what happens when the school ‘borrows’ a baggage cart from the local airport to use as transport. It’s an insane idea and the children love it until a wee accident occurs…

T

he final cage, full of younger children, suddenly broke loose and hurtled down a side road to the left, it was the road to the local sewage farm, where all the towns’ toilet flushes ended up. The children had christened the road Plop Street.

Lola had the perfect view as the runaway cage smashed through the gates of the poo factory, hit the curb and the kids and bags aboard flew through the air and landed in a huge pool of liquidised poop.

Luckily, all the kids and their bags were fished out by the sewage staff (or the poo people as they were known) and after a thorough disinfecting, no harm was done, but this obviously spelt the end for the baggage bus.

“Anyway, when we returned from holiday, Speedy, my pet tortoise was dead and his body was really stiff,” shouted Oscar.

“That’s what happens to dead bodies, it’s called rigor mortis,” Jack announced.

“So, my tortoise had rigor mortis?”

“I saw that too, with one of those dolphin things that was washed up on the beach,” said Alan.

“Do you mean a porpoise?” asked Lucy.

“Yes, it was a porpoise with rigor mortis, and it was slightly yellow.”

Immediately, Mr X was given some emergency funding to hire a proper school bus. Although, it had to be done, Mr X was saddened because he was hoping that money may one day go to the school library. The library was perfect in every way apart from the fact that he had forgotten to order any books for it.

The next day the kids were really down having lost their baggage bus, so to cheer them up, Mr Bell held an impromptu Wednesday Waffle.

They had already covered what happened on the bus, what are the worst liquids to go swimming in and, in a completely unrelated story, how the flights from the local airport were all now running on time again.

“Your porpoise with rigor mortis was probably suffering from jaundice,” said Tim. “Beautiful animal the porpoise, really gorgeous even if it had jaundice and rigor mortis,” Chloe announced.

“Was it big?” asked Malcolm.

“Enormous.”

“So, the gorgeous, enormous porpoise had jaundice and rigor mortis?” asked Lina.

“I have heard that if you eat a gorgeous, enormous porpoise with jaundice and rigor mortis, it could lead to baldness,” said Dave earnestly.

Illustration courtesy of James Lambert

Mr Bell had been in a bit of a daydream during the last few minutes but he realised he had to stop the waffle pretty soon, as he had a very important lesson to teach about rhyming words and he was sure the class would find it very difficult.

Published by Austin Macauley UK, The Almost True Story of Sandy Primary School [2019], by James Lambert, is available on Amazon, at Bookazine and at VIBE Book & Music Store in Mui Wo. James is the vice-principal of Lantau International School.

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