Memories of my Childhood Days

It was many years ago, but I still remember my childhood when I recall my memories. I have some interesting things to tell about my childhood. I will start from the age when I was 7 years old; I went to school and had a lot of fun with my friends and neighbors.

I used to get up early every day and I had my breakfast before I went to school. I still keep this habit before going to my workplace. It makes me healthy because I rarely skip my breakfast. I usually walked to school with my neighbors. The road to school was not good. The roads were built by a kind of farmland. They were sunk in the rainy season and they were very dusty in the dry season. There were a lot of fish along the road in the pure water. My friends and I attached the fish with our board when we were arriving from school. Our primary school was in a pagoda, so we often played in the pagoda during our break time. In the afternoon, I helped my mother do the housework. 

My friends and I shared a lot of good time together, such as playing hide-and-seek, Krolakoung (ក្រឡាខួង), and Koundom (Bak)​(កូនដំ). Our favorite game was playing in the rain in rice field and swimming in the lake. We were warned to swim in the lake because our parents were afraid of any accidents. We usually escaped to swim away from home which they would not know. As a result, our eyes became red when we spent a long time in the water. Thus, our parents recognized and punished us sometimes. Their forbidden was completely right because once my cousin was drowned. Fortunately, he was rescued on time. From that time, I am really good swimming. 

I still remember those days when I was learning to ride a bicycle. My mother taught me to ride it. I fell and bruised myself several times but I never gave up. I remember that I went into thicket of bamboo once and hit coconut tree once. Finally, I was able to join my friends going around the neighborhood on my bike. I liked riding my bicycle along the tunnels in the rice field. 

I still remember a terrible thing every well. When I was tending cattle with my older brother, one big buffalo attached me. Fortunately, I my brother help me to scare buffalo away. I used to help my brother tending cows and buffaloes. It was not a safe job because I was a young boy and the cows and the buffaloes were big.

I now realize what a wonderful childhood I have had in that times and I wish I could relive those days. I have many interesting things to share with you. But it'll take a lot time to write, so I chose a few of them. I hope you would enjoy them.

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