1.   Although this idyllic existence seems as solid as the rocks that their geologist father brings home, it is abruptly shattered the day Americans land on the moon.

2.   But four days ago this idyllic existence had ended.

3.   But the idyllic existence stemming from acceptance clouds over when he moves into a back-yard shed behind the house shared by the boy and his mother.

4.   Contrary to some romantic portraits of their idyllic existence, the tribes lived in fear of one another and were locked into warfare as a way of life.

5.   Goodbye, idyllic existence.

6.   It was an idyllic existence.

7.   Regrettably, this idyllic existence has long ago ceased to apply to the chaotic, badly run Third World country that modern Thailand has turned out to be.