Some soup Everyone was glad to drink something warm for they were all wet and hungry
Then Ali suddenly said Listen I can hear something that’s an aeroplane engine the others listened and heard it too
Give me the box the Captain said He took out a short trick gun and fired it in the air some red lights shone like stars then dropped slowly to the ground He fired again This time green stars shone in the air and dropped to the ground
They waited and the Captain fired a third time
They must see us They must see us said Ali But the noise of the plane did not come any nearer It was going away from them soon they couldn’t hear the noise at all.
They well be back tomorrow said Captain Ibrahim. There were three-no, four-unhappy faces for him to look at.