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In an orchard near the small town of Topa de Sus, a mischevious boy sits in a cherry tree and waits for a target to pass under his perch. I met this young man while I was helping my friends deliver supplies to his home. When we first arrived, he acted shy and immediately ran to climb trees in the orchard. I discovered that he and his mother, a widow, live alone on this isolated hill 3km from the town of Topa de Sus. Since he lives so far from the other children, this boy spends most of his time playing alone in the orchard. So when we arrived and he disappeard into the orchard, I assumed he was shy around strangers. I quickly found out that this was not the case when he started throwing cherries at us. I was able to grab my camera and capture the mischevious smile on his face as he was preparing to throw another "cherry bomb".