Change In Plans

Zola met three Irish boys on the beach in the Connemara, on the west coast.

The boys were playing with a hurley, and Zola was thrilled to have some kids to hang out with for half an hour.

India will post their pictures once she gets film developed, but the best description of the two younger boys is that they looked like the proverbial central casting version of Irish kids: red hair, lots of freckles, blue eyes, incredibly cute.

Zola interviewed the youngest brother, a 10-year old named Neil Campbell:

1- What is your name, and how old are you?
Neil Campbell, 10 years old

2- Where do you live, and why?

We live in County Kildare, because it is quiet and because my parents live there

3- Who do you live with?
Mom, Dad, and two brothers, Killian and Conor

4- What languages do you speak”
English and Irish

5- Do you go to school?
Yes

6- What is it like?
The school is small and white. There are 26 kids in my class, and 160 in the whole school

7- What is your favorite subject?
Arts (it took about 11 repetitions for us to understand that he meant this, instead of “Irish”)

8- What do you do for fun?
Paint Eavymetal Warhammer models (At which point, Neil’s brother said “He is totally obsessed with Warhammer”)

9- What are you afraid of?
Spiders. And ventriloquist dummies, they freak me out.

10- What do you want to be when you grow up?
Part of the Eavymetal Warhammer painting team (When brother said “I told you he was obsessed?)

Very nice kids, nice parents. After the interview, the boys ran off to a derelict boat, which was grounded in the low tide. The four boys managed to yank out the anchors on the boat and were running around the boat, when the owner came driving (fast) across the sand to shout at them. All four boys ran, screaming, “He’s trying to kill us!” The boat owner was pretty mad, but the Campbell dad calmed him down.