41. Today, the gunsmiths use modern tools like lathes, but much of the work is still done with hand tools by men squatting in dank shops. 42. Two men squatted in the parking lot playing cards. 43. Up the road from the camp several peasants were squatting in an abadoned home. 44. While the mistress gave birth at home, Fatma bore her son Matala by squatting in the field where she was herding goats. 45. Women with babies huddled in the shade of big trucks, while a clump of bus passengers squatted in a cool spot under a tree. 46. Outside a passport office, Afghans in swirling turbans squat in languid conversation. 47. A barefoot boy squatted in the shade beneath one of the trucks, collecting falling grains of rice in a tattered red baseball cap. 48. A few dozen squatted in abandoned buildings, but were forced out by police or face imminent eviction. 49. A few elderly men in turbans squat in the outfield watching, and children scramble to see the cricketers. 50. A safe often squats in one corner of the room, and a small electronic scale sits on the desk. |