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CHAPTER 8 Two Paths North they travelled through the jungle Aiming to escape from forest Seeking an itinerary Near the coast in open country So they climbed a wooded hilltop; Han attained the top-most branches Of a mighty towering ironwood To survey the route before them To the north the ground descended Hills were smaller and more rounded Running east to west a river Valley cut across the landscape Further yet he saw the forests Merging into coastal scrubland Faintly in the hazy distance Was the glimmer of the ocean Mapping in his head their journey Han descended from the ironwood Picking several of the tree fruits As he swung down through the branches Once the evening camp was readied Han began to cut a branch from That great tree with his stone hatchet But he found this very arduous For it was the hardest, densest Wood that he had yet encountered But, determinedly persisting, Finally the branch was severed Han now started on a project That would take some days to finish Carve a boomerang of ironwood To replace the one of bull-horn Then they nested in the branches Of the ironwood for the nighttime And Ipiki, growing stronger Circled wider in his night-flight In the morning light they started On a route toward a valley Han had sighted from the treetop Till young Matto stopped abruptly There was no sign of Ipiki! In distress he called the others Looked around in all directions Then at last, some way behind them Flitting through a forest clearing They could see the bat Ipiki Who, although the children beckoned Would not fly in their direction Matto thought this most unusual Wondered sadly if Ipiki Now would bid farewell and leave them Was their partnership now ending? Kwona, though, her steps retracing Walked back to the forest clearing Bidding all of them to follow Slowly stepped toward Ipiki Who, as soon as they were gathered Flew off on a different bearing Kwona sensed now that Ipiki Wanted them to change direction Han at this was most affronted After his high treetop survey And his navigation efforts Thusly to be contradicted By a tiny furry creature! Kwona tried hard to persuade him That Ipiki must be driven By some forceful motivation To be acting in this manner Which for him was quite unusual So reluctantly assenting Han and all the family followed As Ipiki led them onward By a different higher pathway Not descending from the hillside But advancing by a ridge-crest
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