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Show - Ill p - Pononga "It is no use, Roa. I will never learn to walk with this cursed cruth. Go awav and let me be." Ruruku flung the crutch into a bush and. dropped morosely onto the sand. "Rest awhile, little brother," Roa said. "You are still x»reak from such a long recovery. We will go more slowly tomorrow. I am afraid that in my eagerness to heln, I ousb too hard." "Perhaps." Ruruku sounded unconvinced. He was worn out and discouraged. Roa came to the whare early the next morning. "You will not leave me alone, will you, brother?" Ruruku yelled. "x will have to learn to walk or else learn to defend myself against you." There was a touch of humor In Ruruku's resigned sigh. |