After the Fall- The Complete series Box Set by Charlie Dalton

Author:Charlie Dalton [Dalton, Charlie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-31T22:00:00+00:00

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THE WHITE River forest was massive. Just when Jamie thought they had left it behind they turned a corner to find the forest marched on. According to Isabelle, this forest did not house dangerous or deadly creatures. There were snakes and spiders, and people got stung or bitten, but no one died of their wounds. It was an alien concept to those from the Mountain’s Peak commune. Virtually everything was deadly in the desert and surrounding area. Even many of the plants!

The forest air was moist as it rained almost every day. Isabelle laughed at them each time they moved into the rain to dance and wash in it. That lasted only the first few days. Then the gang began to huddle under the large leafed plants alongside Isabelle and Humperdinck.

That was another crucial difference. The rain didn’t last long in the forest but when it fell it really fell. Small streams swelled to the size of miniature rivers in a matter of minutes. The ground became thick and marshy and sucked at the soles of their feet, making walking extremely difficult. The cart was even harder to shift. They had to get out and push, using levers for when it got badly stuck. Fatty fell face first into the mud several times. So, it wasn’t that this side of the world didn’t have its problems, they were simply different problems.

Jamie divided these problems into two extremes: scarcity and abundance. The desert suffered from scarcity; a lack of rain, a lack of food, a lack of opportunities. The rainforest suffered from an overabundance of these things.

Jamie felt relieved that growing up in the harsher environment had given him the skills to excel in the easier one. If it was the other way round he was certain he would perish before learning the skills necessary to survive in the desert.

The benefits of living in such a harsh environment as the desert became apparent when they went hunting. A Mountain’s Peak hunter did not fire his catapult or bow until the creature was within easy striking distance. Patience was key because you never knew when your path would be crossed by the next rabbit. Isabelle existed on a completely different philosophy: shoot now, aim later. Jamie couldn’t understand why she would hunt like that until they noticed how many rabbits there were. No sooner had they run off than they came back to converge on the very same area again! Within half an hour they had caught three rabbits each.

“You guys ought to stop otherwise you’re going to cull the whole damn lot of them!” Isabelle said, half in jest.

The way to cook and preserve their catches here was different too. In the sweltering heat of the desert, meat tended to go off very quickly. They would cook what they could in soups and stews, then cut the remaining meat into strips and leave it out in the sun to dry. After that, they could eat it whenever they wanted. In the cool forest, their soups and stews kept for long enough that they could eat it fresh.

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