Genre Short Story. Page - 99
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A Low Hut Built Of Turf Roughly Thatched With Rushes And Standing On The Highest Spot Of Some Slightly Raised Ground. It Was Surrounded By A Tangled Growth Of Bushes And Low Trees, Through Which A Narrow And Winding Path Gave Admission To The Narrow Space On Which The Hut Stood. The Ground Sloped Rapidly. Twenty Yards From The House The Trees Ceased, And A Rank Vegetation Of Reeds And Rushes Took The Place Of The Bushes, And The Ground Became Soft And Swampy. A Little Further Pools Of Stagnant
"Joseph was not fond of the river. He was from a forest tribe – he feared the river god. It seemed so large and powerful, sliding darkly along. Tombe laughed at Joseph's fears - and dreams. Because one night Joseph had a dream; he dreamt the river god rose up and took Tombe away. Joseph awoke in a sweat, but on the bunk below him Tombe was safe. The next day at break time Joseph took a small path out of the plantation into the nearby forest. The familiar forest sounds enveloped him – the