The Fijian word for baby is papa. Which gives Riki lots of fodder when he is talking to Tomu, doing his personal “who’s on first” routine with high-pitched voice for Tomu & his regular voice for himself.
Riki: “Hey papa, want some eggs?”
Tomu: “Thanks papa”.
Riki: “No, you’re the papa.”
Riki & Tomu hang out a lot together. They like to play cards–blackjack and bridge. They like to make music with the drums, the guitar, the recorder.
They like to play on deck together. Last night after the sun went down Riki was crawling around after Tomu kissing his back with his scratchy beard. Tomu was cracking up.
Tomu likes to help Riki whenever he is working on fixing things. Tomu always wants to get right up in there, grabbing the tools.
They like to take naps together.
They love to laugh together.
Riki is such a natural papa & he takes such delight in his papa.
I love the two papas. 🙂
sv evi 
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