Summary

Darling is a young girl living in the shanty town of Paradise in Zimbabwe. She is on the way to Budapest with her friends Bastard, Chipo, Godknows, Sbho and Stina. They are heading to Budapest to steal guavas that they can sell for money.

Chipo is only eleven years old, but she is pregnant. On the way into Budapest, Bastard starts asking questions about Chipo’s baby. He wants to know if it is a boy or a girl. He wants to know how it got there and who put it there. Darling answers his questions because Chipo stopped talking as her stomach started to grow.

As the children are scoping out trees to steal guavas, a blonde woman steps out onto the porch. She is eating something the children cannot identify. She has a camera in her other hand. She talks with...