The pilot in the helicopter did not give the boys any time. Come on, he shouted on the loud-hailer, Come on now,both of you! Don,t look down! Hold on the ladder! Don,t look down!
All the time the boys were climbing the ladder , the pilot spoke to them.First Muthu got safely into the helicopter, then Ali reached it too. They looked down to the ground and saw Mr.Cheong there The doctor knelt by his side. Again the stretcher was dropped to the ground,and this time Mr.Cheong came up in it,with ablanket over his face. Last of all, the doctor climbed up and the ladder was pulled up. The door was closed,and the helicopter flew off.
Captain Ibrahim was sleeping in a comer, and the three friends sat together without a word. The picture of the twisting rope ladderwas still before their eyes and Muthu could not forget that Mr.Cheong,who was now dea,had saved his life.
The docter went over to the pilot and said, I found thisin Mr.Cheong,s pocket. There are diamonds in it. For the last time,the boys looked at that small bag of diamonds.Because of it, an aeroplane had crashed in the jungle,one man had broken his leg,and one man had died. They were very glad to think they would never see these diamonds again.