skywatch/Alphabe-Thursday letter P, Planting rice.

This "poker" rice planting equipment children had to used to help their parents can really turn kids off planting rice.
Thanks Francis Chen for this photo and lending me your son as the model. I guess in the past, kids didn't wear shoes.

This is a traditional South-East Asian nursery rhyme originated from the Philipines. It tells the of back-breaking, dirty,squishy muddy work under a sweltering sun. 

My music teacher taught me this song, and I in turn teach my New Zealand students. Rice is a valuable