Yes, of course." Tupho's house was set a little apart from the others, among the trees at the fringes of the village. A yellow-skinned woman looked shy but greeted me in a friendly fashion. She was too shy even to tell me her name She's my wife said Tupho I held my palms together in the polite gesture of respect of the area, known as the Wai. Tupho's wife responded my Wai with one of her own, bowing more deeply than I had done. On the floor, a cute little baby lay on a crumpled piece of cloth. My child, Saokam "Hello, Saokam. Aren't you sweet?" I took out a ten-baht coin. Tupho saw what I was doing and tried to stop me. "Don't!" "Why not?" It's not necessary "I just want to give her a little present. It isn't anything! "Okay then, if you really want to." "Now, this is for you, Saokam." Tupho's wife smiled when she saw what I was doing. Tupho was taking something out of a small leather bag in the corner of the room.