Chapter 5 RUDá: SHE JUST WANTED TO PLAY FOOTBALL

MIDDLE OF THE BOYS, IS IT A GIRL OR A BOY, OR IS IT THAT SHE HAS TWO SEX, SHE LIKES A BOY OR A GIRL, SAID THE LANGUAGES OF FIRE IN THE CITY.

RUDÁ FOLLOWED PLAYING MORE THAN THE BOYS, ON MR. JOJO'S TEAM, UNTIL THE RULES REACHED IN THE EARS OF RUDÁ'S PARENTS,

LORD PATUMU AND LADY JUMANI.

THEY WERE FURIOUS, ASHAMED AND SAD, WITH THE LITTLE RUDÁ, THEY SAID THAT THE GIRL WOULD LEAVE THE HOME, JUST TO WORK IN THE FARMING.

AND COULD FORGET THAT FOOTBALL THING, BECAUSE FOOTBALL WAS BOYS THING, AND SHE HAD TO HELP WITH THE FAMILY'S INCOME.

RUDÁ STAYED LOCKED IN HER SMALL ROOM, KICKING THE STONES ON THE GROUND FLOOR, CATCHED ORANGE AND BURST INTO THE WALL GIVING STRONG KICKS, SHE JUST WANTED TO PLAY FOOTBALL.

ON A SUNDAY IN OIAPOQUE, THE BURNING SUN BURNED THE HULL OF THE ALLIGATORS IN THE RIVER, MR. JOJO CLAPPED THE PALMS IN FRONT OF LITTLE RUDÁ'S HOUSE.

SHE WENT TO TALK TO THE GIRL'S PARENTS, RUDÁ LISTENED TO EVERYTHING IN HER ROOM, GNAWED HIS FINGERS, AND EATEN HER TOENAILS, A CRAZE SHE'D HAD SINCE SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL.

AFTER TWO HOURS OF CONVERSATION, MR PATUMU