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After halving the logs, they were laid out to form a rectangular floor.
After which, the makeshift huts that had been fashioned were placed on top of it.
We constructed additional huts that day, enough that each person could have their own. The kids accepted my suggestion to tie down the huts to the logs with vines to prevent the newly-made huts from being blown over or tossed about by the wind, and each hut was secured firmly to the wooden support.
If we had left them the way they were, they would all be smashed and blown away by the rainstorm that would hit us the next day.
The order for the night watch remained the same as the previous day.
Everyone seemed in slightly better spirits, perhaps because of the newly installed log floors, which were an improvement over the previous night. However, most seemed to feel slightly disgusted with themselves for finding comfort in the slightly better sleeping arrangements, given the situation.
Everyone was equally exhausted by the day’s events, and all fell asleep, regardless of the condition of our camp. I was no exception.
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It was deep into the night when…
Gush Gush Gush…
The sound of rain…
Rumble! Rumble!
Thunder…
Whooshhhh!
And wind…
The patter of the falling rain and the howling wind entering through the slit in the hut made it impossible to stay asleep.
Given our current conditions, constructing a hut that was completely weatherproof was out of the question.
“What the—! It’s raining all of a sudden?”
One by one, the kids began shouting in alarm from inside their huts. Sleeping comfortably in this chaos was out of the question....
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