Chapter 10 Saved
After that, no one spoke very much.the Captain told them how to cook some food from the life saving box,and they all
ate. Then the boys put coats and blankets over him, to keep him warm, and they tied up Mr. Cheong,s arms and legs. They left them outside, with the gun in the Captain,s hand, and went to sleep in the
plane the moon rose and shone through the dark jungle. All around the crashed plane,in the dark night,there were strange noises.Once some wild animal came near the plane, but it smelt danger and went away again.But the sleepers in the plane, and Mr.Cheong, and even Captain Ibrahim with his broken leg, slept on and on.
Muthu was the first to wake. He was dreaming that he was still at school. Then he opened his eyes, looked around him and remembered he was in the jungle. Hi did not want to