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The headmaster Narayana Shetty became fond of me and started giving me some assignments engaging me to take classes for first and second standard at times. As I already mentioned the headmaster Narayana Shetty inculcated an interest in Yakshagana for some of his pet students. When my father wanted to shift me from Vakwadi elementary school to Koteshwar higher elementary school for my fifth standard Narayana Shetty requested my father to keep me in Vakwadi School only. As per his request, I continued for my fifth standard also in Vakwadi School.There was no annual school day, sports day, or other activity held at the school. The single major event of the year was the school temple Puja, known as "Sonne arathi." It is a type of prayer at the temple every day of the month called "Sonne," and one day of that month was given to school children, which was considered and celebrated in a big way by the school. We get a half-day holiday and return to school at 6 p.m. All the children would be in a joyful mood and would attend this Puja as well as receive "Prasada" following the Puja. Some children return home, while others spend the night at school. My daily routine consisted of getting up in the morning, brushing my teeth with mango leaves wrapped into a brush, and eating a morning meal of rice left over from the previous night's dinner with a pickle or some other side dish. Then we dress up and go to my father's housing development to pick up 4 or 5 children. Collect more students from their homes on the way to school, travelling through a wooded forest area where we gather fruits from bushes, trees, and creepers. We also have to cross various watercourses during the rainy season, which we wade through and play in. I recall having to go across a deep natural water course.The Villagers have placed one tree trunk on both sides of the ditch. The trench was about 6 feet wide and 8 to 10 feet deep, and there were several types of fish in the water. When I was crossing the deep trench one day, I began staring at the numerous types of fish and fell, luckily my head did not contact the side bund. The water was likewise not deep. I walked out of the trench with my school bag completely soaked for about 100 feet. I went to school in the same soaked condition.Even now, I recall the location and scenario. On our route to school, we would pass by mango trees, cashew trees, or other fruit-bearing plants. We throw stones at such and similar fruits. With all of our activities on the way, we usually took around 1 and a half 2 hours to cover a distance of about 1 and a half miles. There was no cloak at our house or anyone else's house to tell us what time we should start or arrive. The location of the sun is merely a pointer for us at the time. There was one stone pillar about 5 feet tall on our path. Time is defined by the length of the shadow. After the morning session, after lunch, and when we return from school in the evening, we never go straight home but instead indulge in picking flowers, catching insects and butterflies, and gathering fruits of all kinds. We have two routes to school, as I mentioned earlier: one during the rainy seasons takes us through woods and high ground, and the other during the dry season after harvest takes us through open paddy fields.One incident occurred on my way home from school during the summer month. I was sprinting through the fields, which are divided by bunds. I was hopping from one upper field to another. I was moving quickly while jumping to the lower field when I noticed a large cobra lying in the lower field with its hood raised. There was no way I was going to stop. I wish I could jump across at the same speed, making a high and long jump to avoid the bite of that fiery snake. We play in the muddy fields on our way home from school in the summer, getting all dirty by the time we get home. I received a daily bath in Vakwadi when my mother was with me. There was a women's restroom in the complex where our father lived. We kids typically get bathed outside near a well while standing on a granite stone slab positioned next to a coconut tree. There is no one to give me a daily bath once my mother has left for her home in Molahalli or Bannadi. I should also mention that no home in the Village had a bathroom at this time.Males or females of any age had to travel to the nearby adjacent woods or bushy lands for their needs. With the exception of a few exceptional homes, what were the conditions in almost all of the Villages in the 1930s?