I stopped just outside of Volcano Crater and settled down for the night since the sun was going down.
I lay down beside Cassim. I gently licked his face.
To my great surprise and joy he moaned and weakly opened his eyes! He was still alive!
"Cassim! You're still alive!"
I gently lifted up onto my back again and carried him to a town that, luckily, wasn't very far away.
A young couple said they would help.
The young man led me into the barn they had. He put a bed of straw in one of the stalls, and I curled up in it and fell alseep.
The next morning I awoke, got up, stretched, yawned, and shook my head.
Cassim and the couple came out.
I asked Cassim how he felt. He told me he was still in quite a bit of pain, but he was used to pain like it so it didn't bother him much.
He was tough and a fighter.