After almost a dozen failed attempts to build a raft, we resolved to continue the rest of your trip on foot along the banks of the river. Occasionally we bumped into a lazing croc, but that was all. By afternoon we were running low on supplies, so every bottle of water and every can of food was accounted for. According to Alph, we were expected to reach the camp by sun-down unless we bumped into any trouble. We hunkered down and took a break around half-past two, Alph passed me a can of gravy potatoes with hard brown bread. “And now we are officially out of food”, he exclaimed.
“How long before we reach the camp?”, Dream asked.
“An hour more”, Alph said, “if everything goes perfectly”.
There was a soft noise in the hedges, Suhani looked up at me, “go and check it out”, she said.
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