Chapter 6 – The Raid

 


Upali still hated to study books but he went to school regularly, so his father didn’t blame him. The vacation started in cashew season. There was no cashew in trees because the children in the village pluck all cashews in the trees. But there was a land of cashew trees in the village which was owned by a rich man named Upasakappu. He did not allow children to pick cashews in his land.

One day Upali and his friends planned how to pick cashews from his land. They have got a news about Upasakappu. One of them said “Upasakappu used to wear a baniyan and a sarong, but today I saw that he was going wearing a coat and a trouser. I think he is going on a long trip.” Upali suggested “Let’s break the lock and go into the cashew land”. They went into the cashew land and Upali said to Dangadasa “You must stay out of the land and if Upasakappu comes you have to inform us. They entered the cashew land and started to pick cashew. One of them climbed up the tree and plucked cashews and threw them down.

Suddenly Jinna shouted Upasakappu is coming. The children except Jinna ran out of the land and ran into the jungle. After going into the jungle they remembered that Jinna is on the tree. They ran back near the land and they saw that Jinna was caught by Upasakappu. He was going to beat him. When he was about to beat him Upali and his friends jumped there and dragged Upasakappu. Quickly Upali took a strong vine and tied him. Upasakappu noted that was Jinna and Upali, but he couldn’t recognize other children in the gang.

Next day, the news in the village was like this: “Upali and Jinna going to rob the house and take the money but they saw Upasakappu coming they hid themselves, but Upasakappu could find them. He caught Jinna, so Upali came and tied him up, and took all the money and valuable things in that house and ran away.”

Upali’s father heard that news too. He became furious, and beat Upali and Jinna. Because of that Upali and Jinna planned to run away from home. Next day dawn, they packed their belongings and ran away.

Jinna asked from Upali “Where are we going now?”

“Let’s go somewhere”, Upali replied.  

They saw that there is a market and they went there. They met the Mudalali in that market. They begged him for a job in the market. Mudalali gave them a job in that market and they received 12 rupees as their wage. Then Upali and Jinna left there. On the way they met a farmer. The farmer taught them how to shoot animals. They helped the farmer to grow vegetables. They saw an island. They asked the farmer about that island. The farmer said that is a dangerous island. There are so many snakes and Upali was curious about that island. Jinna didn’t like to go to that island, so one day Upali went alone to that island. When he stepped on that island, there was mud pit. He fell into that. He was so difficult to get out. There was a jungle all over that island but in the middle there was a place with 2 coconut trees and mango trees. He left the island and returned to the farmer’s house. He said all the things about the island to Jinna. After hearing the details Jinna was also curious about that island. Jinna and Upali together went to that island again. Jinna himself noticed the beauty of the island.

Upali suggested “We will cultivate in this island.” Then they left and told about the island to the farmer. He was amazed.

He asked Upali “There aren’t any snakes?”

“Well, we didn’t see a single snake in that island”. Upali replied.

He also told the farmer about his idea to cultivate in the land. Then the farmer, Jinna and Upali went to see that island.




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