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.

away earlier, then brought it crashing

maimed; the snake seemed to be caught in a

satisfied, when the snake had been utterly reduced to bits of mangled

turned a sickly pale. Nora gulped, then quickly

a lot of mushrooms. The forested mountain was ancient and teeming with rich, bountiful

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

spotted a red fruit, resembling an

Nora panted. The near-constant rate of trekking had left her

down. “It’s grown in the wild. It’s not very sweet, but it’s

quickly ascended the tree after Tabitha. Tessa, however, sat a little way off fiddling with her own belongings. She’d eaten quite a lot of mushrooms along the way and was

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

was resigned to waiting on the ground below, picking up the fruits

she’d managed to pluck, blissfully indulging in the fruits

maintained a clear head. She’d sensibly warned,

surroundings, then took another huge bite of the apple in her hand. “That made me nervous! Let me

her head helplessly, then continued throwing fruits down. Laurel continued picking them up in her ungainly

the side. Looking down, Nora observed, “What is that woman doing? She’s been fumbling with her things ever since we

shrugged

about? Let’s be quick! Once we’re done picking the fruits, we should hurry

wasting time discussing trivial matters? These girls can be so flippant

had enough and a little more besides, we’d wiped out the entire tree. We

The

our ample supply of water, fruits, and a side of

keep going forward. I saw a couple of manmade paths along the trail, which means there

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

get to the village quickly. We’ll be home soon,” we urged each other. Our spirits lifted at

our steps, we crossed another peak and indeed saw flares of light ahead of us in the

surely take myself out for a good foie gras and a seafood buffet. Besides, I’ll treat myself to some cosmetic products that I’ve been eyeing for the longest

in. “I’ll take everyone out to high

I feel as if I could eat a whole cow,” Nora declared exaggeratedly, popping the rest of the stash she’d picked into her mouth. Nora was a rather lovely girl,

“We’re lucky to make it out of here

cool statement rather dampened our cheeriness. Exchanging glances, the rest of us decided to pay no heed

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if we indeed get to go home this time around, what would you want to

lingered in my mind as I continued trudging forward,

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

she curiously pressed, “Is it

gave her a faint smile but

human life. The village we’d arrived at was located in quite a rural area of the mountains, and perhaps due to its inaccessibility, there didn’t seem to be

dark, there were probably

Nora suggested, already

rushed out into the yard and began sounding the

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

ruckus. Out stepped a middle-aged man

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

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

Upon seeing our confused faces, the owner of the cottage seemed to further mistake our intentions. He waved his axe at

out of the cottage just then. She

for a while. He then grew noticeably calmer and lowered

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

if he understood. He did, however, let us into his home

clay walls were caked with

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

roof of the cottage was, in fact, a tent stitched together out of

dirt that covered the tent

two bowls from a cabinet and placed them

to gesture furiously. He seemed to be

bowls in front of us. The food was steeped in chili.

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

The flavor of the pickled onions, spicy with a

really tasted

we ate, the man and his daughter squatted in a corner. They gazed at us with curiosity and awe, mixed with a

to communicate with them. Along with her hand signals, she deliberately spoke a few basic words, emphasizing

and daughter came to understand that we were here to borrow a device to contact

stumped, however, by

the man to seek help from his fellow villagers. Until then, we’d have to take

we blearily woke the next morning, the man was already up in

the tree with a basket, picking up the soft fruits he’d accidentally let tumble onto

beam a smile in our direction. It was as if she was eagerly trying to transmit her

rethink the link between happiness and wealth, doesn’t it?” Tabitha mused, looking rather wistful. She looked almost like a child with her slender

frame. “Why? Are you thinking of something sad?”

“Not really. I was reflecting on this whole turn of events, and I feel as if I’ve been enlightened. How we live our lives

destined!” Tessa quipped. This discussion aligned with the philosophical tendencies she’d been harboring all

“Can we take a break

out into the yard and

communicate with words but smiles and gestures seemed to

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along into the

must have a phone around here! we thought. When we knocked on the door of

miming remained futile. We departed after

better. We returned to find 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 the city. We may

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

a little more than the average villager.

right!” Laurel leaped to her feet in excitement. “If we get in touch with the local police,

had. We cheered up instantly at the thought

a village on the mountain. Who knows if there’s even a functional police station around here?

steadfast in her conviction that she shouldn’t participate in any criminal

however, were enthusiastic. “Leave it

villager’s yards under the pretense of borrowing something. They then grabbed

returned with their arms laden with fruit, fully expecting the police to be hot on their

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

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