An illustration of the writer’s ancestral home in Batu Berendam, Malacca.
They paused to listen, ears straining. From somewhere in the distance came the unsettling sound – the ominous and relentless drone of approaching planes.
Two black specks that suddenly appeared above a line of tree tops sparked a flurry of excitement and frenzied activity. The bigger children were hurriedly rounded up, the little ones scooped into adults’ arms and the babies snatched from their cradles.
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