Tambu's brother complains about the trip to and from missionary school, but she loves the walk. Children were seldom restricted and were allowed to swim in the pools. Men have a specific place for bathing and women bathe in a place ideal for washing clothes. Tambu doesn't want to become a woman who'll have to do laundry rather than play in the "interesting" pools. When the area around the swimming holes gets an increase in traffic, the bathing spots are forced further upriver, but Tambu sometimes does swim in the deeper holes. (read more)