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them as much as you do. I’ve never seen anyone eat them
like that. You act as if you haven’t eaten in days.”
    “Well, I haven’t eaten any since yesterday,”
she began, “But it just occurred to me that I might not see another
twilka berry for quite some time. Besides, you’re probably right,
no one likes them quite like I do. Have some.”
    Bomani joined her in the twilka berry feast.
He actually thought that it was pretty funny the way Farra dove
into the berries. He had never seen anything like it, but he didn’t
laugh at her. He wanted to keep his composure and not seem
childish. Far be it from him to act as if he was actually
fifteen and laugh a little. After they had their fill, Farra
stocked some berries in her pouch and they were off on their
journey. They walked an entire day, and nothing even remotely
eventful happened. As usual, Farra did most of the talking and
Bomani did most of the ignoring.
     
     
     
    Preview of, “ The
Adventures
    of Farra and
Bomani.”
     
     

     

     
     
     

     
     
     
     
    IX END OF THE
ROAD
     
     
     
    Bomani perched discreetly
behind a large rock looking at Anu’s map, and surveyed the
area where they had stopped.
    He looked at Farra intently, “This must be
the place.”
    Farra sat next to Bomani quietly and studied
the map with him, while Pupa was busy digging into the ground after
a small animal he had seen. The clearing was dismal and isolated.
It was obvious that the “X” on the map represented the strange hut
they saw before them.
    The hut lay at the northern end, just inside
Forbidden Expanse, just south of the large mountainous border of
the Edge Mountains. It was separated from the rest of Madunia, and
only accessible through the pathway taken by Bomani and Farra to
get this far.
    There was not much to be said about the
hut’s upkeep, but it was surely decorated and adorned. It was
perhaps the most decorated hut Bomani had ever seen, and also
probably the worst decorated at that. It was made of adobe; the
clay brick walls were covered in odd trinkets and sparsely
decorated with bones. They could not quite decipher all the species
of bone that hung along the worn and weather-beaten hut, but at
least one kind was human.
    “It looks so creepy. You sure it’s in
there?”
    “Not exactly, but that’s what it says on the
map, and I don’t see anything else around here.”
    “It’s got bones all over it. I’m not going
in there.”
    “So,” he replied, “don’t.”
    Bomani looked at her with a smirk and
winked. Like an athlete, he hopped over the rock and headed for the
hut. “Wait!” Farra called to him in the loudest whisper she could
manage.
    Bomani stopped for a second and turned to
her.
    “What?”
    Farra didn’t respond. She just starred at
him, her eyes peeking over the rock in apparent fear.
    “Well, are you coming or not?” Bomani
demanded. Farra shook her head.
    “Suit yourself,” were Bomani’s last words
before he proceeded. He moved cautiously against the side of the
hut. He pulled his spear out, but left his shield mounted on his
back and slowly made his way to the door. He took a moment to look
back at Farra, who seemed too terrified to even move. Even Bomani
was a little apprehensive as he reached out to open the door,
trying to keep his hand from shaking.
    Before his hand even reached it, the door
suddenly flew open with a bang! Bomani jumped back defensively and
held his spear. A decrepit old woman stood before him. Her cloak
was overly decorated in trinkets, feathers, and bone.
    “Don’t you knock?” she asked as she glared
into him. “It’s not polite to walk into someone’s house. Haven’t
you any manners?” the old woman said.
    “Huh?” the startled Bomani replied.
    “Prowling around outside isn’t the way to go
about it either.”
    “Sorry Bibi.” Bomani used a word often used
to mean Madame; he had never seen anyone dress in such a way, it
caught him off guard. His uneasy fear of her caused him to be