The afternoon was still and dry with no breeze to cool the stifling heat. I answered a knock on the door and found four little boys ranging from five years to thirteen.
"Please, madam, may we swim in your backyard?"
This was a new thought. The cistern has been used many times for baptisms. We have even brought in a metal stock tank and filled it with water as an additional baptistery. Our young friends saw the opportunity to cool off and have a good time. We agreed to let them swim.
For the next hour we listened to splashing and shrieking as the boys enjoyed the cistern and tank.
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