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53. Lost in the Forest (2)

“Don't just grab the milk.  We better catch one small cow and we roast in the fire, let it be full,” said Kiki.

The two starve so Kiki doesn't take much effort to convince Lili that taking one calf is okay.  Whether the cows have any ownership or not.

So the hunt was done.  Kiki and Lili sneak into the herd of cows.  They only catch the wind because all the cows manage to escape.

“I have an idea.  How if we fear them towards our destination until later the time for example want to camp again we can spear one,” said Kiki.

“While continuing the journey, we while ngangon cow?  Good idea, hahaha..” said Lili.

They continued their journey vigorously while shepherding the cows with a loud cry.  The animals tried to escape, but they kept them together.  One-two managed to escape while the rest walked in front of them.

Suddenly Lili's eyes caught a black bird hovering near them.

“Sst...” hiss Lili.  “See,” said.

Kiki advanced slowly.  Although it was still quite far away, he had already aimed and released a pointy-tipped wood discharge towards the bird.  Kiki hurried to hunt down the river and pulled it from the water.  It turns out that black wild goose is fat.

Kiki grinned wide.  Seeing Kiki's skills, Lili felt so enamored with Kiki.

Suddenly Lili shouted, “Still alive, tuh! He's alive!”

Goose in Kiki check is still floundering.  Lily looked at Kiki.  Lili Tidka had the heart to see a goose that was spearheaded by suffering it.  Then, without thinking, Kiki grabbed the goose's neck and twisted it to relieve Lili's anxiety.  Lily complained while closing her eyes.

“We burn this goose here.  You're hungry too, right?” kiki.

After filling their stomachs, Lili and Kiki continued their journey.  Lili patted Kiki on the back.  “Now we do not need to catch a calf,” said Lili.

Kiki was not angry.  “Let them escape,” he said as he relaxed his shoulders.  “Tomorrow we've found a settlement.  We are already full of goose meat and the rest is still there.”

Fatigue makes them again make a place to rest.

After finishing making a resting place, Kiki sat around.  There was nothing Kiki liked better than being asked to tell stories to fill the gaps between them.

“Lu looks very good at surviving in a place like this,” said Lili.  Kiki began to talk about her experience.

“I used to live in the wild, in a remote area.  A village with residents who like to hunt for gold,” said Kiki.

“The journey is very difficult to hunt for that gold.  Three days of climbing the mountain.  During the trip there was no water, so people had to bring their own water.  The village was large, with a population of six hundred people.  The women have clothes made of grass, barefoot and bare-chested,” explained Kiki.

“Kanya not ugly-cute very girls,” said Lili.  Kiki smiled too.

“His men wear loincloths.  Most of them wear belts that are covered with the remains of the game.  Every man has two or three wives.  In addition to cooking and cleaning, women also cultivate the fields,” continued Kiki.

“They make a small garden containing banana plants, also grow corn.  The women carried long knives of hard wood.  Their bows, spears and inflatable rifles were made from that type of wood as well.  The men make weapons and spend almost all their time hunting or hunting games,” continued Kiki.

“Tak far from this village, about three days walk, almost at the border of the area, settled another tribe famous for its vastness.  This tribe can attack other tribal villages and kidnap their women.”

“Attacked tribesmen fight to protect their women.  Whenever they managed to kill one enemy, they would behead the opponent and make him shrink by burying his head in the sand near the river.  Around the place burying the head ignited a huge fire.  After a few hours, the head was dug up and the skull bones were pulled out.”

“Yeah why so be so cool gini,” lamented Lili.

“Then, this head was again buried under the fire for hours, until it shrunk to the size of a fist.  The shrunken head looks exactly like the person it was during life.  Face pattern, lips, eyelids, eyelashes, eyebrows, everything is exactly the same.”

“Finally the head is filled with sand to be solid and hung as a belt decoration.  According to tribal custom, the power of the enemy who has died will turn to the knights who killed him.  The knight also doubled in strength.  The more heads one has in his belt, he is considered to be the stronger.”

“If one of the tribe members dies, his village will hold a festive cremation ritual.  I have attended one such ritual.  Who died at that time was an old man, with a natural cause of death.”

“The average life expectancy of that tribe is about forty-five years.  The men made a big bonfire in the middle of the village.  Women carry jugs and sing mourning songs.  The deceased who had a belt decorated with five heads shriveled then was thrown into the bonfire.

“The smell of burnt corpses makes me nauseous.  But, I managed to put on a flat expression because they did not want to know how disgusted I was.”

“Women whimper the elusive wails while men dance to the beat of the drums while letting out roars similar to the cries of animals.  Sometimes they add wood to the fire.  Then the women brought burrs.  The men put out the fire with wide leaves and took out the tulan carrying from inside the fire, handing out the bones to the women who then crushed it with gerindra.”

“Bone powder poured into jugs.  Next all those present receive a pumpkin bowl for a place to hold a solution that is yellow.”

“I don't want to drink a bit.  But someone told me that if you want to get out of there alive then drink up.  Just be careful, don't let your teeth get too tight, he said.  I soon understood his meaning.  Ungrounded meat snags still stuck to bone fragments.”

“Male roaming around sucking on something, I don't know what.  Anyway wrapped in dried leaves and smelling intercepting.  They invited me to suck it, of course I didn't refuse.  Someone warned me that the substances in cigarettes are very dangerous and the effects can be permanent.”

“Then?” ask Lili.

“He told me to suck like he did, which was clamping a cigarette on the lips but without sucking a single bit.”

“Cigarette smoke makes my mouth burn.  My eyes are starting to water.  I coughed heavily, but no one laughed or showed any interest in me.  Everyone looks at the empty air.  They also don't talk at all, except there's one that all the time keeps yelling.”