Fiona thought a while and replied, “Do cannibal flowers eat people in the place where you are from?”
Rosemary was more confused, “Don’t cannibal flowers in this place eat people?”
The girl explained, “No. They stretch out their branches to strangle people to death when they smell them.”
“Oh! Then why are they called cannibal flowers?” The woman asked, looking at the beautiful flowers not far away.
“Some insects live near these flowers and will eat the insides of those victims when they are smothered to death. Then the remains become fertilizers.”
“Fiona, you are amazing. I wouldn’t know that if you didn’t tell me.” The woman said.
“Rosey, I have lived here since I was a baby. It’s very natural for me to know these things.”
They walked deeper into the forest, with Elma as a companion.
It seemed that the girl and the chimp went there a lot before.
“Fiona, when could we reach the deepest part of the woods?”
They had journeyed for the first part of the day but the destination still seemed far away.
“Possibly at dusk. Are you tired?” Fiona looked at her sweating partner.
The woman managed a smile, “I am okay. Let’s go ahead.”
Looking around, the girl warned, “Rosey, keep going for a while before we have a rest. This place is not safe.”
Knowing little about wildlife, the woman listened to her little guide, “Don’t worry about me. Let’s continue.”
The two people and a chimp went through the woods.
Edmund was awake for a whole night, guarding his wounded companion.
In the morning, the snakes were all gone.
“Ed!” The patient cried when he woke up, feeling acute pains in the shank.
Hearing the cry, Edmund hurried into the tent, “You are up? You frightened me last night.” And he started to check the wound.
Rubbing his temple, the wounded was trying to clear his mind, “I encountered snakes and got bitten when I collected firewood last night?”
Seeing him recover the consciousness, Edmund advised, “Be more careful afterward, and I…”
Ellen covered his mouth with his hand to interrupt the lecturer; he heard something.
“Someone is here. Hide!” Ellen told Edmund.
And he let go of his hand and rose, walking outwards.
“Rosey, what is the outside world like?” Fiona asked while looking around in caution.
Rosemary thought for a while and said, “It’s wonderful. There are a lot of delicious food and beautiful clothes. And anything you can think of.”
“Do you want to go with me to experience it yourself someday?” She added.
“Really? Can I?” The girl was excited.
“Of course. I promise that.”
“Remarkable! I can finally see the outside world!”
“Alright. I’ll lead the way. The place that Elma indicated is dangerous; we don’t usually go there.”
The woman wasn’t sure of her decision to examine her hypotheses but she still wanted to give it a try.
“Thank you, Fiona.”
The guide smiled at her and led the way.
Ellen, not exempt from dizziness, was lying on his stomach under a tree.
Edmund was shadowing him and dared not go to him in case he should be found.
Fiona halted her steps suddenly and whispered to the chimp, which run forward after that.
Rosemary didn’t know what that meant but couldn’t feel some horrors.
Ellen nearly fainted and failed to find a chimp standing behind him.
Seeing the chimp, Edmund took out a gun from his pocket and lurked beneath the animal.
“Ellen…Are you okay?” The man couldn’t help thinking.
Edmund’s hand which held the gun was sweating.
He heard that chimps didn’t hurt people but he couldn’t risk it.
Ellen was unconscious. It seemed that some poison remained in his body.
Elma found a human pointing at her with something and began to grunt furiously.
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