Chapter 61: NO LONGER A ZAGWE

Sailors ate no lemons,

Limey became their demons,

A diet without fruits,

A diet devoid of roots,

Bleeding gums,

Redness of gums,

Weak & sore arms,

In a month without Vitamin C,

Lime juicer we see.

Diet devoid of iodine,

Solved by fruits rich in iodine.

-Namisi D. 2022-

Manilik and the other sailors followed the old man inside the room serving as a store. There were several long and wide wooden shelves constructed horizontally on the three sides of the room. On each shelf was a different type of fruit and vegetable.

It was hard to imagine that a room in a back alley was loaded with all these fruits and vegetables. There were: carrots, cabbages, bananas, oranges, pineapples, avocadoes, cucumbers, red pepper, soursop, watermelons, tomatoes, onions, garlic, ginger, sweet potatoes, cassava, yams, and even rare fruits such as olives, grapes were there.