They did not really understand, but coincidental y, the English word and the Thai word for ‘die’ are almost identical and under the circumstances Heng took a guess at what she was saying.
“No die,” and he made a show of breathing heavily in and out and pointed at the supine girl.
“Thank God for that. We fal ,” and she looked up and pointed, but they already knew that and wondered whether she was trying to tell them something new. They looked but could see nothing untoward.
“Dee mai? (Are you OK)?” tried Heng in Thai.
The girl tried to sit up and Heng helped her.
“I think so, ‘dee’,” she said and they al smiled at each other and nodded. Heng helped her over to her friend. After ten minutes and a few splashes of water on her f
