In fact, they did not stop running until they got under a mango tree far away from the place. Victor was tired (both physically and emotionally) by the time they got under the tree and he just sat down under the tree looking exhausted. It seemed to him that the others were also tired and so they just sat down under the tree with him. There was silence among the three boys for some time until Rosco spoke up. “Well, Victor that was very sharp of you, I did not even know this place even though you were here before me but then I have heard of that before”. “What do you mean by that?” Victor replied, “Well, that is normal, everybody knows that I mean, it is an open secret here that the solders sleep with most of the girls even though I have never seen it, this finally proves it to be true”. Ros

