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61. Lost in the Forest (10)

“We cannot act without Kiki,” protest Lili.  “It's wrong.  We promised to bring a raft closer.  Kiki knew what he was doing anyway.  He can show you the best.”.

The guy snuck impatiently, “Kiki didn't even know the basic rules about raft.”

“Soever four remains better than three.  Please, we better wait for Kiki.”

“OK, Lili, come back if you want.  Let me and him do it.”

Lili was scared, but chose to come along.  Lili and she boarded the raft while everyone else remained in the water, slowly pushing the raft into the middle of the river.  After the river reaches the neck, he goes up to the raft.  From there the flow takes over.  Their speed began to increase.  The rocks in the middle of the river were much less than near the riverbank.

The man who brought the raft was mistaken.  They were not only banged several times, but slammed from stone to stone, until the raft tilted to the side.  Lili and the man were thrown into the river.  They gripped the raft for fear of drifting.

Somehow we managed to get on the raft again.  Lili looked dazed, pale, trembling violently to the point of being unable to speak.  The main raft can withstand all the onslaught it receives, but the additional spindle, held together by a rope, not a peg, begins to stretch.

They managed to cross the river safely, but had no pole or oars so they could not row the raft ashore.  The man jumped back into the river and held a rope tied to the front of the raft.

After successfully establishing a position on a boulder, the person exerted all his strength to pull the raft ashore.  Together we pulled the raft up to the base of the land and tied it up.

The man looked at Lili with a satisfied look.  “You see for yourself!  Hebatkan?”

They walked back to the camp through the forest in a drenched state.  Lili has trouble walking.  He complained that his feet (which were wet again) hurt.  Suddenly we heard the sound of an eruption.  Kiki must have shot something.

Lili ran forward towards the direction of the sound earlier.  There was no path, so Lili attacked the twigs, jumped over the fallen logs, crawled under the low hanging branches of the trees.  Lili's movement made a very noisy sound so that a terrible thought appeared.  Kiki could have considered Lili a wild animal that was crashing through the bushes.

“Kiki, Kiki,” call Lili.  “Lu where?”

“Here!” kiki Sahut.

Lili discovers Kiki is looking at one big tree.

“Lu shot what?  Got anything?”

“Ah, macan.  My shot missed because the tiger was too high up in the tree.  Look, rubber tree.”

Kiki scratches the tree trunk with a machete.  From the incision mark seeps thick white droplets like glue.  “Can I wear to fix my boots.”

The nylon thread that Kiki had sewn into the sole of her shoe had already been removed.

They went back to the tent to pick up an empty can to hold the sap.  On the way back to the rubber tree they met the others.

“We made it across that loop!” someone told me excitedly.

“Wah, great.  Hard no?” ask Kiki indifferently.

“Excellent,” other sahut.

“Great,” reset Kiki without a single hint of envy in her voice.

“Means tomorrow we can leave early in the morning.”

Lily lay inside the tent.  The other flips the paddle to dry the other side.  Kiki put a can filled with sap near the fire.

“Rubber must be waited until a bit hard before it can be used,” explained Kiki.

With a restless attitude as usual, Kiki took out the fishing line and hook eyes.  He gouged the loose soil in the forest with a machete, until he found the thing he was looking for, a fat earthworm.  Half the worm's body was tied to the hook's eye, then he went fishing.

“My dog was bitten!  Little fucker!  My bait was bitten!”  Kiki told Lili with joy.  Shortly thereafter he pulled a small fishtail.  Split the fish into two and then made a larger bait by using a thicker fishing line.

“Come try!” kiki Urge.  He went back to his shoes.

Lili swing hook baited above the head and then cast fishing line into the river.  Lilies have not had time to roll the rope when the rope straightens and stiffens.  Lili bait is eaten by large fish, Lili can feel how strong the pull.

“Casual!” lili said in my heart.  “Takapanlu not going anywhere.”  Slowly Lili pulled the fish towards him.  Sometimes the rope is loosened a little, then tightened again.  After a few minutes the fish is so tired that it is easier to pull.  It turns out to be a very large catfish.

Kiki who was bowing near the fire turned towards Lili.  “Hoho,” shouts.  “Good!  You are a real good guy!”

“Do not be too happy first,” said Lili bersumbar.  “This is just a small victim.  Now I'll catch real fish.”

Lili pull the hook eye from the mouth of the fish and then put a new bait, which is half the body of the small fish caught Kiki earlier.  Lili came to the river to watch the fishing.

Lili fishing line is thick, but too short.  Lilies tie one end of the rope to a tree branch.  Once again Lili swung the hook overhead, threw it into the water, and waited.  The fishing line in his hand stiffened.  He could feel the pull of a steady flowing current.

Then something pulled strong.  The fishing line instantly stiffened until it buzzed like a guitar string.  Because it was wrapped in the hand, the rope had sliced the flesh.  Fortunately, he managed to release his hand.

The tree branches were shaking, wobbling.  Suddenly the fishing line broke and loosened.  The fish managed to escape, bringing with it bait and hook eyes.

Lili's stunned.  Lili has been fishing very often, but has never felt a pull as strong as before.

“Jeez, that fish must have been huge!”

Lili showed her finger hurt.  The other person took the P3K box and bandaged the wound meticulously.

Lili laughed as she told him about the big fish that got away.  “Just wait,” said Kiki assured them.  “You can definitely catch one like that again.”

“Oh, right. Then how do you do, Ki?” ask Lili.  “Wear long fishing line and twice?  Could you gift and sell all our fishing gear without leaving enough for ourselves.”

“Take it easy.  Got us enough, kok.”  Kiki shook her hand.

After Lili finished giving the fish the catch, Kiki stabbed it with a green bamboo stem and put it on two branching branches to burn.  Slowly they turned the fish.

The fat of the crimped fish fell dripping onto the fire.  The meat was so soft and delicious, they could hardly bear to eat all of it without leaving even a little for tomorrow morning.

Kiki fixed the sole of her shoes with rubber gum.  After putting the boat near the fire, he slept.  From inside the tent, Kiki, the forest dweller, who is very comfortable in the jungle.

The next morning Kiki announced that both paddles were ready for use.  They shouldered each other's backpacks onto a tied raft.