That was what one little girl told Steven when he said he had no money to buy souvenirs from her. Hah Hah.
We were taking a break at one of the food stalls around Angkor Thom, and in the short span of time that we were there, we were approached by at least 5 kids, each attempting to peddle their wares to us.
Tourists were lacking and extremely limited, and these kids took it in turns to approach us. Many of them are selling the same items - fridge magnets, bracelets and locally made musical instruments. They are really rather industrious and very bright! It was really entertaining chatting with them and they came up with all sorts of 'sales pitch' to make their sale.
The most popoular one being, "What's the capital of Madagascar? If you don't know the answer, you have to buy from me." And one little girl actually told us to just buy something from her so that she will go away and leave us alone to enjoy our drinks in peace!
In the end, we bought a total of 6 fridge magnets and 3 bracelets from 3 different kids, and bought another 2 kids lunch. They are really a good bunch and eke-ing out an honest living, just like the rest of us.
Steven with the 2 girls who sold him the Fridge Magnets
Me with the girl who sold me the bracelets (which I will be giving to Anita's daughter!)
Steven with the 2 kids whom we bought lunch for
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