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In The Valley – Part 1
By Phil Van Wulven 10,000 words Herds of buffalo, zebra, and impala had trodden a wide swathe into dust as they made their daily pilgrimage to the pool below the camp. This clear way glowed in the light of the half moon, bright against the darker background of fallen leaves and thoroughly grazed grass, and [...]
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“Me a low-life, when I got the damn guns! Without me you’d be sweating in the fields still. Me, I showed you a way to be rich. Me and Ndinga, we began this, we got meat first, we bought the guns, and showed you how to use them.” Gosnaat turned to pick up his load. [...]
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Jameson Piri watched the poachers in the clearing. He peered between two trees on top of a very big overgrown anthill, careful to stay hidden. Sweat trickled down and stung his eyes. He lowered the binoculars and wiped his forehead with the back of his hand, then fingered his trim moustache, sweeping the stiff hairs [...]
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By the time the group who’d gone to the poachers’ camp came back Rich and Adam and several Rangers had moved to sit around the fire pit, just beside the mess shelter, where they could grill meat, see the stars come out, and get the benefit of the insect repelling smoke. The District Commissioner had [...]
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“Even though we’ve seen something like this three times already this month, it still gets to you, doesn’t it?” said Rich, as he stood back to take shots of the whole area. ….. Unlock for 6 fraxions(about 6 cents)Login to a Fraxion Payments account to unlock this article Login to fraxion paymentsForgot password? Not using [...]
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