1043 37: Meeting The Good Samaritan.
Elsewhere in the Jungle, Bageena and Pauly were rushing through the wilderness, still searching for Dice and Tommy.
"Tommy, the mancub!" Said Pauly while flying above Bageena's head.
"Dice, where are you?!" Bageena called. But there was no response.
The two animals continued running through the Jungle, looking for their two lost friends.
Meanwhile, back at the camp sight, the Indian man sat by the campfire, stirring some food in a black pot, with a wooden spoon, that was on the campfire, being cooked. He then took the spoon out of the pot and took a sip of the soup to see if it was ready.
Inside the tent, Dice and Tommy laid on the straw bed sound asleep. The 9 year old boy then awoke and sat up. He looked at his surroundings and saw that he was inside of a tent. When he tried to get up, he felt pain in his right foot. The blond haired kid looked down and saw that his foot had been bandaged up. He then noticed Dice lying right beside him. "Hey. Hey, wake up." Said Tommy, placing a hand of the sleeping Dalmatian puppy and shaking it.
"(Yawns)." Dice slowly opened his eyes and saw Tommy sitting over him. "Oh. Hi, Tommy. How are you? Are you okay?"
"I will be as soon as i find out where we are. Where are we?" Said Tommy.
"We're in a tent, silly." Said Dice.
"Yeah, but who's is the question." Said Tommy.
"Remember when we fell into the hole last night?" Dice asked.
"Yeah. What about it?" Tommy asked.
"Well, after we fell in, a man came by and pulled us out and brought us back here to his camp sight." Said Dice.
"What man? I don't remember seeing a man. All i remember is us walking through the Jungle with Bageena and Pauly, trying to get you back home to your owners, and then we both fell through a hole and...and everything went dark after that." Said Tommy.
"Oh, that's because you didn't see him. Which is totally understandable, given that you were unconscious when he rescued us." Said Dice.
"Well, then, where is this supposed rescuer you keep mentioning?" Said Tommy.
"He's outside, cook up something to eat." Said Dice.
"Perfect. Now's our chance to escape." Said Tommy.
"Escape?" Dice asked.
"Yeah, escape. We need to get out of here and find Bageena and Pauly. They're probably worried sick about us." Said Tommy.
"That's tru." Said Dice.
"Right. And besides, this guy is a stranger. We don't know anything about him. I mean just because the dude saved us from the hole does not mean that he's an okay guy." Said Tommy.
"That's also tru." Said Dice.
"That's right. Now come on, let's get out of here." Said Tommy before he and Dice turnned around and trying to exit the tent through it's straw, which quickly proved to be impossible.
Back outside the tent, the male indian raised the wooden spoon to his lips and took another sip of the soup. Realizing it was ready, he stood up, got two rags and used them to grab the handles of the black pot.
Inside the tent, Tommy and Dice were still trying to get out through the straw.
"That's enough of that, you two." Came a voice from behind.
Tommy and Dice turned to see the male Indian holding a black pot by the handles with both of his hands.
"If you want that foot to heal properly, young man, you'll stay still." Said the indian. He then sat the pot down in front of Tommy and Dice and began stirring it with his wooden spoon. "You need a week or so in bed." The man then picked up a wooden bowl and used his wooden spoon to put some of the food in it. "Here, eat." He said, offering Tommy and bowl of food. "You have to fill up your tummy if you want that wound to heal."
Rather than, take the bowl of food, Tommy shook his head.
"Huh?" Said the man.
Tommy then backed away from the man a little.
"Seems like you're not use to kindness. Is that right, lad? Have adults treated you badly? Don't be afraid." Said the man.
Tommy backed up some more until he was up against the straw wall of the tent.
"Oh, i get it, you're afraid of this." Said the man. He then stuck his spoon in the bowl and took a sip of the food. "There, see? It didn't do me any harm, now did it?" He then placed the bowl down in front of Tommy. "Here. Eat it while it's hot."
Tommy looked at the food for a minute before focusing on the man, who filled up a second wooden bowl for Dice and placed it on the floor beside the other one. "What is this guy trying to do to me?" He thought. The boy's stomach then started to rumble.
"(Laughs) Your tummy's rumbling, you're so hungry." Said the man. "I believe you're afraid to eat my food cause you don't know who i am. My name is Wahar. Wahar the woodsman. I'm the best wood cutter in our village. But i get restless stuck in the village day after day, so i go off exploring. Where are you from?"
"I'm so hungry." Tommy mermering.
"What? I can't understand your mermering, lad. Speak up." Said Wahar.
Tommy didn't respond.
"You poor thing. You never learned how to talk. It's hard to believe. Well, never mind, we'll manage." Said Wahar before picking up the bowl. "I'll feed you myself." He got the spoon out of the bowl and offered some of the food to Tommy.
Tommy then took a bight of the food. "Wow. I've never tasted anything like this before. Plants mixed together and made hot." He thought to himself.
"Don't tell me you didn't like that. It's one of my grandchildren's favorit treats. It taste so good that you don't know it's good for you. I think you're ready for another bight."
Tommy then took the spoon and the bowl and started eating the food himself.
Seeing that the food was alright, and safe to eat, Dice went up to his bowl of food and started eating it.
"You both have quite the appetite. Eat until you're full, there's plenty." Said Wahar.
And so they did. Tommy and Dice ate and ate and ate until they had eaten all of the food. The spoon and the bowls were now in the empty black pot and the 9 year old boy and nine week old pup were now lying on the straw bed, fast asleep. While they were sleeping, Dice was dreaming about sleeping next to his mother, Molly, with his three younger siblings, Mickey, Max and Olive. Oh, how he missed them so terribley.
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