In Love, Never Say Never

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“Let’s go that way!” Nora called to us. She spotted Tabitha and Laurel just climbing out of the hole. “What’s up, you two? If you’ve had a good rest, let’s move on!”

The two women nodded as they dusted the dirt and grime off their wrinkly clothes. They glanced at Tessa, who was still immersed in her prayers. Tabitha mumbled, “She’s so pious. Do you think God with really bless her?”

Nora shrugged. “Let’s go!”

The forest was rather humid in the morning. The soil had become loose. One could hear the soft crunching of the earth just by stepping on it.

“Ah!” Laurel screamed. Then, she squatted on the spot she had previously stepped on and began to scrape at the ground.

Very soon, we saw what had been hiding underneath the earth. It was a cluster of yellowish-white fungi. Some of them had been crushed under her feet.

Only a few short and stout ones were spared.

“Mushrooms!” Tessa, who had been reciting her prayers the whole time, promptly came forward and started digging up the plants from under the fertile soil. She wiped the dirt off and began to swallow them a few pieces at a time.

Laurel, looking equal parts terrified and worried, wondered, “Do we… eat them raw? Just like that?”

Tabitha turned around and, indeed, managed to find other mushrooms of the same variety under some rotten leaves.

She passed some of them to us. “Yes, this kind of mushrooms can be eaten raw. There used to be plenty at my place and we did this all the time. Sure, they won’t satisfy our hunger, but it’ll have to do for now. Let’s eat!”

They dug in. The rest of us, having barely eaten anything for a day, followed suit.

Nora helped herself to some mushrooms. A while later, she looked at Tabitha, a question on her mind. “Are you sure we won’t have any hallucinations after eating these? Once, I watched the news about poison testers in the south. They usually do that come May and June. Those who really did get poisoned are said to be able to ‘transcend reality’.”

Tabitha chuckled. “Well, if you know which ones to eat and which ones to avoid, basically you won’t have any hallucinations.”

Laurel found many other kinds of mushrooms in the soil. She turned around to ask the expert, “What about these?”

Tabitha nodded. “Sure, but we’ll need to cook them. If not, we’ll see things that aren’t there.”

“That’s a pity. None of us have a lighter, otherwise, we could have made ourselves a feast supplied by Mother Nature herself,” Nora sighed as she stuffed more mushrooms into her mouth.

“Ah!” Tessa shouted all of a sudden, prompting everyone else to look towards her, surprise hanging on our faces.

“What? Has your God decided to show Himself?” Nora spoke in annoyance.

Tessa’s face turned pale, her body stiffened, as she muttered, “B-B-Bamboo snake…”

All of us followed her gaze simultaneously. There was a tiny green snake, about fifty centimetres in length, hanging around the leaves of the tree next to her.

We would not have noticed it if we had not been paying attention. The snake spat out its forked tongue. It looked like it was preparing an attack.

“This snake is venomous. We have to be careful!” Tabitha yelled, her face pale and haggard.

I scanned the surroundings from the corner of my eyes. There was a branch that must have been snapped in half by the wind. One of its ends seemed rather sharp.

“What now! What now! I’m going crazy just looking at that ugly thing! Ah, it’s giving me goosebumps!” Nora stood close to me. Driven by anxiety and fright, she clung tightly onto me as if her life depended on it.

I wanted to comfort her, but I was scared too. The creature was inches away from us, equipped with venom!

“Is it not too late if we run now?” Nora muttered, already backing away.

“It’s too late!” Tessa said, her voice trembling. “This is a bamboo snake. It’ll come after us.”

“Damn it! But we can’t just stay here like this!”

Laurel was so scared that she was shaking uncontrollably, her face completely drained of color.

“Kill it!” Tabitha proposed. Despite being scrawny, she dared to glare at the reptile hiding among the leaves with a wicked glint in her dark eyes.

Tessa was closest to the snake. Any careless movements and the snake could latch onto her and sink its fangs on her neck.

But she was too frightened at the moment to do anything. Her body kept shaking. “Don’t provoke it, you guys. I’m scared.”

“What are you scared of? You recite your prayers all the time, right? Your God will protect you. Go on,” Nora said, with great irony.

In a situation like this, no one could afford to be distracted.

Tabitha turned to instruct Tessa. “Okay, here’s what we’re going to do. I’ll count to three. You get ready to dodge. I will throw a rock and see if I can hit it.”

What?

Tessa was on the verge of tears. “You can’t possibly hit it! The chances are slim. What if you hit me instead? I’ll die!”

“Do you have other ideas?” Tabitha asked a rhetorical question. Tessa shook her head in despair.

“It’s a gamble then!” With that said, Tabitha slowly bent down and picked up a stone.

Tessa was really having a breakdown, but time was running out and we had no other choice. We had to take our chances.

“One, two, three… Duck!” As if on cue, Tessa promptly moved away.

Tabitha flung the stone towards the bamboo snake hiding among the leaves.

Wild animals often had faster reflexes than humans.

The bamboo snake evaded Tabitha’s attack. Angered, it made its advance on Tessa, who had just barely got out of its way.

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A reactionary creature like this was even more fearful when it sprang into action.

It’s going to get Tessa! I hastily picked up the branch I’d spotted earlier on the ground and jabbed its sharp side at the snake.

Thankfully, that single thrust pierced through the snake’s mid-section and successfully pinned it down.

Its head and tail, however, remained wriggling furiously.

Tessa was still recovering from her fright. Anger and shock coursed through her, forming a volatile mix of emotions.

the stone that Tabitha had flung away earlier, then brought it

in a daze. Without hesitation, Tessa vehemently crushed

everywhere. Tessa only stopped, satisfied, when the snake had

turned a sickly pale. Nora gulped, then quickly said, “Let’s go. It’s

forged our way forward, we managed to pick quite a lot of mushrooms. The forested mountain

we stumbled upon the occasional spring, we’d settle down to eat and drink. No matter what else happened to us, at

fruit, resembling

trekking had left her

the wild. It’s not very

belongings. She’d eaten

gave it her best shot. Being rather plump and short, however, climbing naturally posed a rather insurmountable challenge

after a while. Laurel was resigned to

on the branches. She greedily ate any fruits she’d managed to pluck, blissfully indulging in the

a clear head. She’d sensibly warned, “Look out for

shrieked, terrified at the thought of having to face another snake. She wildly surveyed her surroundings, then took another huge bite of the apple in her hand. “That made me nervous! Let me eat another apple to calm

then continued throwing fruits down. Laurel

She’s been fumbling with her things ever since we got here! Did killing that

merely shrugged

Once we’re done picking the fruits, we should hurry

matters? These girls can

wiped out the entire tree. We even

was the only aggressive one we encountered. The rest of the way, though bumpy,

fruits, and a side of mushrooms, we considered

for the night, however. Nora grew visibly anxious, insisting, “Let’s keep going forward. I saw

the only viable solution for now. The other girls found Nora’s proposal agreeable and continued their walk with renewed

Let’s get to the village quickly. We’ll be home soon,” we urged each other. Our

peak and indeed saw flares of light ahead of

I’ll surely take myself out for a good foie gras and a seafood buffet. Besides, I’ll treat myself

too, joined in. “I’ll take everyone out to

steak. I feel as if I could eat a whole cow,” Nora declared exaggeratedly, popping the rest of the stash she’d picked into

to make it out of here alive. Let’s focus on getting out

dampened our cheeriness. Exchanging glances, the rest of us decided to pay no

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to go home this time around, what would you want to

want? That question lingered in my mind as I continued trudging forward, deep

moment’s pause, I concluded, “I want to see the person I miss most, give him a hug, and apologize to

by surprise. Then she curiously pressed, “Is

gave her a faint smile but

finally reached saw signs of human life. The village we’d arrived at was located in quite a rural area of the mountains,

we’d counted shining in the dark, there were probably thirty to forty

a place to hunker down for the night,” Nora suggested, already making

out into the yard and

terrified. Fortunately, the dog was leashed to a rope. It strained

cottage had evidently heard the ruckus. Out stepped a middle-aged

say. After a while, Tabitha gasped. “We might have unknowingly crossed

The arduous journey we’d made, crossing peak after peak, hadn’t brought us any closer to home. We’d even gone so

cottage seemed to further

ran out

a while. He then grew noticeably calmer and lowered the

toward us and gestured. Uncomprehendingly, Tabitha made a few hesitant motions with her hands in return, trying to convey

if he understood. He did, however,

sight and stripped down within. Its clay walls were caked with soot, doubtless from the fire

the ceiling, the sort that farming villages would have used decades ago. The lamp burned dimly at a bare fifty watts, probably to save

tent

covered the tent looked sure

bowls from a cabinet and placed them

barrier, the man continued to gesture furiously. He seemed to be inviting

bowls in front of us. The food was steeped in chili. Nora recoiled ever so slightly, asking,

starting dish. Shall we try it?” Tabitha exclaimed rather adventurously. She had more of an appetite than

whole day, we dug in rather gratefully. The flavor of the pickled onions, spicy with a hint of sourness, was

few days since we’d really tasted anything. The pickled onions thus thoroughly

They gazed at us with curiosity and awe, mixed

uneasiness, Nora persisted in her attempts to communicate with them. Along with her hand signals, she deliberately spoke a few basic words, emphasizing each syllable

father and daughter came to understand that we were here

however, by what exactly

run into another roadblock. We could only wait until the next day for the man to seek help from his fellow villagers. Until then, we’d have to take shelter in this battered cottage. Compared to spending a night out in the open mountains, however, this was considered a

next morning, the man was already up in the tree in his yard plucking

up the soft fruits he’d accidentally let tumble onto the

to pick up some fruit, she’d beam a smile in our direction. It was as if she was eagerly trying to transmit her

happiness and wealth, doesn’t it?” Tabitha mused, looking rather wistful. She looked

frame. “Why? Are

really. I was reflecting on this whole turn of events, and I feel as if I’ve been enlightened.

quipped. This discussion aligned with the philosophical tendencies she’d been harboring all this way. We’d finally managed to pique

“Can we take a break from philosophy for

She marched straight out into the yard and

smiles and gestures seemed to suffice for

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to head home, Nora hauled me along into

twenty-first century! Surely someone must have a phone around here! we thought. When we knocked on the

best efforts at miming remained futile. We departed after a

them sitting side by side, disconsolate. Laurel was the first to speak. “If we can’t get any results here, we should try moving further in. Perhaps we’ll get to

we aren’t careful, we may be mistaken for thieves and locked up,” Nora countered. She plopped

Tessa asked thoughtfully. “Surely, the local policeman knows a little more than the average villager. If we manage to explain our situation to them, it might be our

the local police, they may be able to send us home. We won’t have to wander around so aimlessly

instantly at the thought and launching into a feverish discussion of what we should do to capture the attention of the

if there’s even a functional police

shouldn’t participate in any criminal act, regardless of its motive. She slipped off before

were enthusiastic. “Leave

of the villager’s yards under the pretense of borrowing something. They then grabbed a bundle of items and sprinted

laden with fruit, fully expecting the police to be hot

the house had been enraged at the two girls’ theft. However, on account of Nora and Tabitha being foreigners, the villager had assumed

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