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come to a halt in front of the house and enter the porch to enjoy the cradle. They eat the food together, and Moussa acts like
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Amiro switches jobs as a cobbler. He shines and repairs the shoes of the sophisticated men who visit the seaport. Moussa, his bosom friend, arrives and takes him for the last time before he departs with his brother for the sea. Moussa puts him on his bicycle and rides him to the foreign colony. They
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His coworker friends all show up to take him bike riding, and they compete against one another. They have fun while drinking Coke, singing, and beating a tin on the moving train. When they enter the water to retrieve bottles, a shark appears. Everyone hastily departs for the beach. Following this,
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He frequently yells at the ship as it sails away to take him with it. He realises that one day he might be able to sail on the horizon. He moves towards the runner, where an aeroplane is lying. With joy, he fiddles with it. Later on, Hh joins his friends in a race behind the train, but after the
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Orphan Amiro lives near the seaport. Picking up the bottles, he gives them to his gaffer. Moreover, his bosom friend Moussa also picks bottles for a living. As Amiro eats on the seabank with Moussa, they both want to sail the ship into the sea. In his heart, Amiro wants to flee by ship or plane.
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