In one village , the first person who dared to shake my hand was an elderly woman with a heavily lined face . She looked into my eyes and had a huge warm smile . I asked my Somali colleagues why the kids do n't want to shake my hand . I have to say I was n't prepared for the reply .

A: Why may the narrator not feel welcome in the village ?

Paul then begged for mercy , " Please do n't kill me ! ! I have millions of children to feed ! ! " It was at that point I made the mistake of letting my guard down a little , like when your favorite villain takes the time to explain to his captured hero his plans for world domination .

A: What 's a possible reason Paul begged for mercy ?

I find life hard enough . But here I am , doing a spring " cleanse . " I am cranky because I am exhausted . I am exhausted - or feeling my exhaustion - because all I ' ve been drinking is green tea , and not my usual 2 large cups of coffee in the morning plus limitless cups of black tea throughout the afternoon , and then decaf black tea in the evening .

A: what will happen from not drinking his coffee ?

It sucks but it 's only going to be another two months . The hardest thing is having to be disciplined during the 2nd time of the month that I get paid because 90 % of that check covers my rent and after that check goes through I have very little plus whatever I had left over from the payday of the 7th after those bills cleared . The name change announcements were another umm added expense and in hindsight I should ' ve added it to my larger debt before I transferred everything but I did not so I will have to send in a larger payment in on the card that I usually use for my fast trak .

A:
What is the narrator focused on making reforms in ?