Madol Duwa

 Chapter 10 – Return of the prodigal One day Podi Gamarala came with the postman. Postman gave a letter to Upali, which was sent by his stepmother. The letter said that his father is very weak now and he has a heart attack but he cannot be cured. He is crying, telling that he wants to meet Upali before he dies. Upali was very said and he went to his village. He was living with his father for a few days. Suddenly his father passed away. Upali gave some money to his step mother and left his village to go back to Madol doowa. When they were in Modol doowa they met a beggar. He asked for food. He also lived with Upali and Jinna for a long time. They heard a good news from Podi Gamarala which said that, they got the ownership of Madol doowa forever. They were so happy. Upali, Jinna and that beggar went to Upali’s village again but that beggar didn’t like to go to Upali’s village. Upali asked him “aren’t you scared to stay alone in the island?” Punchi Appuhami replied that he is not sc...

 Chapter 9 – Floating Flame Jinna suggested to go back to the village for a week. Jinna’s suggestion made Upali think of home. Upali told himself “what could father be thinking now? what did my stepmother think about me after my disappearance?” • he must have won the match by now • you must be kidding • You must be hungry! Suddenly they heard Dadoria barking near the cave. They ran to the cave. They saw Dadoria jumping before a Python. Upali jumped with a big pole to attack the snake but Jinna again jumped forward and stopped him. • I heard you coming • I heard them laughing • I saw you running They planned to go to the other side of the island. They left the place, in which they cultivated, to the other side of the island. On the way they heard a big noise like anybody is calling Jinna. Suddenly they saw a man who has a lot of hair. They ran to him with their gun. Upali asked that man “who are you? where are you from?” He is scared and said everything about him to Upali an...

                                                     A Strange Gest                  Next morning, Jinna cooked rice for the breakfast because they were getting ready to go to the other side of the island. They wanted find the truth about (discover) the mystery lying in that part of the island.   Suddenly Upali heard Jinna yelling and he ran where Jinna was. Upali saw Jinna was bitten by a snake and he was screaming in pain. Upali ran and took their gun and he was going to shoot the snake. Jinna didn’t allow him to do that. After the snake went out from the cave Upali asked Jinna angrily / crossly “why didn’t you let me kill that snake?” Jinna replied “She came because she loves you” Upali surprised and asked Jinna “How would a snake love a human? If she loves us why did she bite you?” Jinna repli...

They went to that island. While they were going their boat was damaged by hitting on the rocks. After they went to that island they covered the damages of the boat with coconut shelves. They cultivated cassava / tapioca and they rested in a cave. On one night, they saw a light going up and down and they suddenly remembered that Podi gamarala told them that there are ghosts in Madol Doowa. Suddenly that light disappeared and they saw a boat and suddenly that boat disappeared too. Only two of them were there in Madol doowa. Podi Gamarala came to the island time to time and he saw the cultivation of Upali and Jinna. Podi gamarala praised them. About 10 months passed. On one evening Upali and Jinna were sitting on a rock. They were discussing that Upali’s father could be looking for them. Again they saw that light. This time they saw that the light was walking! They also saw that boat. Upali suggested following that boat, but Jinna didn’t like that idea, because he was afraid. Upali sa...