Mole in Sole

When my brother next to me was born, the kumadrona, the village midwife, immediately noticed his big mole near his left sole.

Everyone in the family talked about the mole shaped like a half-moon. Every time someone came to see my baby brother, the mole was shown.

"He will go places," the aunts exclaimed.

"Lakwatsero!" teased our grandparents.

Thirty eight summers later, the brother with a mole in his sole has gone to places his three other brothers have not been to.

Look at your feet. Do you have a mole in your sole, too?

Let's go see the world.