The rice paddies were filled with huge flocks of ducks. The ducks protect the rice by eating pests, fertilize the paddies with their duck poop, and then after they've grown up eating bugs, they're cooked and served along with the rice.
As stood nearby discussing what our best plan of attack in exploring the city, , he overheard us talking and asked where we were from. "Oh shit," we thought. "Here we go again." But when we told him we were from NYC, he told us that he'd lived in NYC for a bunch of years as well. He introduced himself as Smari and told us that he'd lived in the States for 15 years and that besides NYC, he'd also worked as a bakery manager in New Hampshire and San Francisco.
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