On the 6 of March in the Year of the Horse,Boonliang Surin gave birth to her sixth child. Following the delivery of this baby boy,the early monsoon rains in June ended the searing summer,and began to give life back to Esarn,the impoverished northeastern region of Siam.In July the torrential downpours occurred frequently.Like most of the Village folk,the Surins started to work on the inundated rice fields,plowing and harrowing.