Chapter 25 twenty four

You're as stupid as an elephant anyway!Peku yelled. Brother Oro was amused.Look how stupid you are.The elephant's head is very big, how could it be stupid! Then you are as stupid as a mosquito! And you?Small and ugly dwarf!Like a girl who only plays with dolls, small ugly midgets!Oro held up the figure carved by Peku.The villain was too long and his limbs were too short, but Peku was still proud of it. It's not a doll, it's a soldier!I did it, give it back right away! Soldier?it's so funny.What is he holding in his hand?Is it a broom? No, it's a submachine gun!give it to me, or

Oro, who was a head taller than Peku, was trembling with laughter.How about?You clown!He threw it casually, and threw the little man onto the muddy ground in front of his parents' hut.See what I do with this little doll!He stepped on it, and the statue shattered. Oh no!Peiku burst into tears, tears pouring down like springs.He threw himself headfirst into his brother, trying to punch him hard.Oro just laughed, and with a hard push, Peku fell down on the sand. Not only do you like to play with dolls, but you are as useless as a girl. Peku tried to stand up in desperation and anger.The right hand supporting the body suddenly touched a slender object: a carving knife!Before he realized what he was doing, he jumped up and rushed towards his brother.

Oro yelled, Ouch!What are you doing? His eyes were wide open, and there was no longer a schadenfreude smile on his face, but fear.Peku was taken aback, and took a few steps back. Oro put his hand on his left leg.I saw a carving knife inserted there!A crimson stream ran down Oro's thin legs. Sorry, Oro!I did not do it on purpose My brother screamed heart-piercingly, put his hands on his legs, and limped into the hut. Peku stared blankly at his brother's back, then turned and ran.He ran and ran along the gravel road in the village, running at a speed that he had never run in his eight years of life.Tears trickled down his cheeks and neck, evaporating in the dry heat.

He didn't stop until the sandy road turned to the hillside and the village was no longer in sight. Only then did he recall the terrible scene just now.He killed his own brother!Brother may not die immediately, but if a person gets stabbed in the body, he will definitely die, won't he?That's what Papa told him about all the thrilling stories of battle. Even if Oro survived, Peku would still have committed a heinous crime.The sin is heavy!Didn't that round, fat white female teacher who always wore a strange black and white suit tell him that once a person commits a serious crime, he will end up in hell!

Regardless of the outcome, he could never go home anyway.Never go back!Mom and Dad will punish him.They would scold him and lock him up in the shed where Papa kept his tools.Just like the way he usually steals food and punishes him.And this time, he behaved so badly that they would never let him out of the shed again.He will starve to death in the dark.Or they would chase him all over the village with stones in hand until he was covered in blood, just like Manash.And Manash just killed a goat that didn't belong to him. Peku continued walking sadly.He remembered how his family came here, and how his father built the hut with several other people.The thatched hut is much more beautiful than the sheds they used to live in made of branches and plastic sheets.What's more, the thatched cottages are their own.Dad said they could live here forever without worrying about being kicked out.The wicked will never come to drive them away again.

But now?Peku ruined it all.He must stay away from his home.And all this, just for a nasty little wooden statue. Perhaps he should go to the next village, to find Aunt Kamuna.His aunt had always been kind to him, and he loved her very much.He could hide at her house until his parents forgot about him.But Dad would definitely drive in the broken car, find the Elder and Aunt Kamuna, and tell them what he had done.In this way, my aunt will definitely drive him away and drive him to a strange place.Maybe to Germany, the country of fat white schoolgirls.In Germany it seems that everyone is as white as his governess.There are houses that are as high as the sky, it rains three times a day, and there are toys that look like real people.The toy can even talk.Oro had told him that too.Oro once talked to a boy whose uncle had been in Germany.But most of what Oro said was bullshit.

Germany is far away and it will take many days to get there.He didn't even know which direction Germany was in. Suddenly he heard the roar of a motor.They're coming for him!He rushed up the slope and lay flat among the thorn bushes. The elder came down the road in his old jeep.He drives very slowly.Peku's mother was sitting in the passenger seat, looking around. Peku's heart tightened.He wanted to jump up and throw himself into his mother's arms, resting his head on her chest.Mom would stroke his hair and he could cry.However, he knew very well that this time his mother would no longer hold him in her arms and stroke his hair, but would cry and scold him.He'd better lie here and wait for the car to drive away.

He thought about what to do.Being alone in the wild can be dangerous, with hyenas and wild dogs nearby and even a hungry lion in the area last month. He thought of two underground caves not far away that had been abandoned by aardvarks.He played there once.The hole was big enough for him to squeeze in.It is safer to spend the night there. Half an hour later, he found the cave and approached the cave carefully.You never know what kind of animal the cave was used as a shelter during this time, for example the warthog, which is especially fond of aardvark burrows as a hiding place.Once these animals feel threatened, you're in trouble.Peku sniffed, but couldn't smell anything.He lay on the ground, peeped around in the dark, and threw a few small stones into the hole.There was neither hissing nor cooing.He put another arm in and touched it around.The cave was empty.

He put his feet down first.He knew there was more room in the center of the cave, a few paces wide enough for him to stretch out comfortably in it.But tonight he would rather sleep in a cramped place.In this way, he can see the night sky and can evacuate quickly in an emergency. It was getting dark quickly.The night sky stretched above him, and the stars shone angrily like the bright eyes of the gods.They saw what he did well.Even if he runs to the horizon, they will still judge him! Peku lay trembling in the hole.How can all this happen?How did my own life suddenly become so scary?How did he end up in such a bleak situation?All for a stupid quarrel with Oro!Take a look, it's just because he got mad for a while and made things like this!If he ever got a chance to go home, he'd never fight with Oro again.He swears!He can carve a hundred woodcarving figures for his brother, and let him step on it.

The stars gradually dimmed in his fuzzy tearful eyes.Finally, he fell into a deep sleep, and could finally escape all worries for a few hours. It was just dawn when he awoke.He was sore from lying flat in the narrow place for a long time.He felt cold, so he crawled out of the hole and stretched his limbs.How did he wake up, he asked himself? He listened carefully.The drumming noise at night still exists, the cicadas chirping and the birds chirping, and the hyenas laughing in the distance.During the day, the hot air keeps most animals at bay, but the day's hush of heat hasn't begun yet.

Suddenly there was a dull explosion, like the thunder of a rare storm, and like the roar of the gods to human beings.It's just that the sound is regular and orderly, like drumming during a ceremony. All fell silent again.It seemed that even the animals were holding their breath and listening. Then, the thunder-like tremor sounded again.Peku suddenly understood what the noise meant: the bad guys were coming.