Chapter 12: Unable to Move and in Pain
Seeing this, Father fetched a small first-aid kit from under the counter and handed it to Eudora Cook, advising her, "There are many snakes in the mountains. You must be extra careful."
"Okay, I understand. I'm going up the mountain to gather herbs now!" Eudora Cook took the first-aid kit from her father and placed it in the bamboo basket on her back. She then went out through the back door and started down the path that led to the mountain.
In the days since she had returned, she had been helping her mother gather herbs every day, moving from one hilltop to another, each one deeper than the last.
The mountains lacked the hustle and bustle of the city, but they were full of the vitality and liveliness of nature. Crouching under a tree, surrounded
