8-9

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Chapters 8-9

This days reading started by Ishmeal walking for a long time. He would only stop for water at streams, and that was it. He was afraid of his own shadow, which really puts his suffering in perspective. He soon decided that he was going to build himself a home in the forest. He ate the fruit in the area for food. He found a strong stick that he would use to protect himself. He tried his hardest not to think about what he had gone through in the past months, but he was alone, and a 12 year old, it was a lot harder than he had though. I can’t really blame him for trying to close out his mind and not think about it, because I would probably do the same thing. He was in the forest for almost a month when he ran into humans. They were six boys, three of which he had recognized from Matru Jong. They were Alhaji, Saidu, Kanei, Jumah, Musa, and Moriba. Already Ismael knew that when traveling this was going to be a problem because they were 7 war aged boys.
Chapter 9 begins with the boys coming to the ocean. They had never heard the ocean before, and were scared out of there minds when they first heard it. They ran into a bush, and then Kanei went to go take a look. When they found out it was the ocean, they were very happy at the sight of it. For a small period, all of the boys were actually happy. They played soccer on the beach, and were laughing and having fun. When the sun rose, they saw a village, and they went over to investigate. When they got there, they at first saw no one. But then the villagers ambushed them, and bound them up and took them to the village chief. They asked a few questions, then there shoes were torn off and they were run out of the village. They didn’t realize that this was a very bad thing until they were well away from the village. It was 120 degrees outside, and they were walking on sad without shoes. They walked for hours, until the came upon a hut in the sand. They walked in, and there was a man who was willing to help them. He was still pretty ignorant of the war because it had not reached him yet, and he didn’t believe them when they told him their story. However, he was still friendly, unlike many of the other people. Then one morning, the people for the village who had taken their shoes came and recaptured the boys. He started telling them they were little devils, and wouldn’t believe there story when once again rap saved them. The chief ordered them to do the dance to the song, and upon doing it, Ismael realized that he wasn’t really into it anymore. The war had now taken that part of him.