“FOLLOW THE LEADER” – by Desmond Kelly – ‘the Star of eLanka” In Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), there used to be this childrens’ game called “follow the leader” The rules were simple. You chose a leader & tried to follow, as best as you could, anything the “leader” did. Whoever did mimic the leader as closely as possible, won the game & the plaudits that followed. The game, at times was hilarious, at times, rather dangerous, too, as was the time when I, as “leader”, led the rest of the team (about five others), into a fairly large tunnel, ( drain) which began at the “bottom” of Lorenz Road, Bambalapitiya, where we guys all lived, running the total length of, & underneath the Sports-Ground of St.Peter’s College, & practically into a Canal, on the other side of it, about a thousand metres away.The rest of my “gang” included my younger ...