A MARSHLAND MYSTERY Chapter 2

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Gideon's little stomach is roaring out of hunger but Bart feels dry, as if the salty water he had gulped from sea has just vaporized and salt stones left in flesh are piercing through his throat and tummy

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Gideon's little stomach is roaring out of hunger but Bart feels dry, as if the salty water he had gulped from sea has just vaporized and salt stones left in flesh are piercing through his throat and tummy. Well this is how he could imagine his thirst. They looked around to have something. Voila! I got figs. Gideon cried with joy, looking at a tree crowded with small pinkish fruits. Is it fig?? Giving a blank stare at the tree Bart thought and resumed his search for water. His eyes glittered with joy, yes a small pond, round in shape with crystal clear water!!! Nothing stopped both. Gideon went to the tree and plugged the fruits along with its leaf and started eating with gusto. So did Bart, he took a handful of water and drank quickly. A momentary pleasure it gave. But that pleasure did not last.
Bart felt a fire in his belly, a thirst of one who is lost in a desert for a week, a big thirst ... he got confused, where the water he drank a moment back has gone? He became thirstier than before. He knelt down to the pond and took water in his mouth. But to his surprise thirst increased and he couldn't control himself from having more and more water. His body is not under his control. He gives a gaze at Gideon for help, but then he saw that shocking thing, Gideon is eating the sand sitting beneath the tree from which he plugged fruit. Bart looked at the tree, only to see the leftovers of bare bark and branches. Poor she, no pink or green to cover her nakedness . That small boy has ate all leaves and fruits and is now eating sand!!! He got afraid seeing Gideon's face and with the speed he eats it. But Bart himself is doing the same with water. He couldn't even make a noise and alert the other two.
A breeze hit Ison hard and this time it was a slap. He came back to the present. Looking around, he saw Erick sleeping peacefully. So his eyes went to search Gideon and Bart, he stood up and followed the path before him. There he found the pity of all. Two helpless souls drink and eat as if someone is forcefully giving. Blood is oozing out of Gideon's mouth. He is clueless of what he is doing. Same for Bart. His tummy has become a rock-sized one. Ison stood numb. Within no time Gideon vomited soil and hit the ground, fearfully looking at Ison. Ison could literally read his eyes "please save me" and thus said those eyes closed. He ran towards Gideon and took his head in his palm. He is frozen inside, nothing came out, a cry, tears or even a deep breath. He just looked at his face, mouth wide open, sand grains all around wet in tears and sweat, and sat down holding his head.
He looked around for Bart, he saw Bart getting into the pond. Ison saw the pond, he ran to Bart to stop him, but Bart resisted him strongly and pushed him to the sand like a psychopath. He went deep down the pond, mouth open, drinks and drinks the water... within a few minutes his body raised above the pond.!!

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