Just like in the village of the Daughters, the children were running around, meeting others, trying different foods and generally just being little girls together. I saw Tatha’s two girls holding hands with two other little girls about their same age. They were swinging their hands back and forth as friends do. The new girls appeared to be twins. Not just twins - identical twins.

“They are so fast to make friends,” Pua said, sitting down beside me. We watched the four of ...