A group of little boys discuss the rules of a game, as a couple of them squat to dig small holes in the muddy brown earth.

After a brief parley, they appear to have agreed on the rules of engagement and one of them scampers off a short distance and preps himself for the opening shot.

He takes aim, flicks his glass marble and misses a freshly-dug hole by a few centimetres, oblivious to the murky run-off that surreptitiously filled up their little piece of heaven...