Chapter 21

They had underestimated the amount of patience that would be required for the task at hand, and after thirty minutes or so it started to show.  Marko was fidgeting, Scott had started humming and had to be reminded to be quiet, while Colin and Zookie had got bored of looking at the crate all the time, and had instead lay down on the ground and were staring up at the stars through the tree tops.  It was still quite warm, not a breath of wind, the heat of the day still emanating off the ground around them.  The fire which they had built up earlier had started waning, and was now only a tiny flame visible nearby.  Mr. Klopper was snoring; a rasping and alien sound in the beauty of the African night, completely out of place, yet comfortingly familiar a...

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