Mongolian children were so adorable with their rosy, puffy cheeks, tiny eyes and faces as dirty as their surrounding. I must be the picture-perfect environment I found them in. I saw toddlers and young children playing around their tents while older boys herding their family’s livestocks on horseback, running small errands on motorcycles and girls fetching water from small streams or assisting their mother greeting guests.
Children growing from the countryside were very eager, polite and resourceful, characteristics I found lacking from those in the cities.
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The blonde Asian child. This boy caught my attention with his distinctive Asian features and light blond hairs. I asked if he was mixed and his family roared in laughter.
The nomad girl fetching water
The nomad boy herding yak
The future nomad herder. I stole this little one into my ger and interrogated her via a translator.
Q: How old are you?
A: 5.
Q: Do you ride horse?
A: I can ride nice one and not the angry one.
Q: Do you like fish?
A: I eat fish but my mom only gave me little one. I liked big one.
Q: Do you go to school?
A: I want to but my parents wanted me to be a herder.
Q: Why do you want to go to school?
A: Because I want to learn. I want to be a student.
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