when he reached the trees and plants again,he had to walk very slowly, because they grew close together. sometimes boon had to move on his knees under the branches. many of the plants were beautiful. there were flowers of different colours. some were blue, like the sky, some were red and yellow, like the sun, and some were as white as the moon pretty butter-flies and birds showed the bright colours of their wings when they flew away. boon saw all these things, and he was happy.
but some of the plants were hard and sharp. they had no flowers. boon found many of them growing together. he had to walk more and more slowly. then he had to stop. in front of him there was a big thick tree with very sharp branches and leaves. there was another on his right and another on his left. he could not walk through them and he could not go under them because their branches touched the ground.
he thought, i'll go back and find another way. i must not make the old fisherman wait for me.
he turned round and stopped still. he looked at a plant in front of him. he could see some-thing moving among the leaves.
it was a snake. on the big boat. boon sat down on the stone and had a rest. soon he heard the old fisherman shouting boon! so he stood up and began to hurry down the hill.
when he reached the trees and plants again, he had to walk very slowly, because they grew close together. sometimes boon had to move on his knees under the branches. many of the plants were beautiful. there were flowers of different colours. some were blue,like the sky,some were red and yellow,like the sun and some were as white as the moon pretty butter-flies and birds showed the bright colours of their wirigs when they flew away. boon saw all these things, and he was happy.