Nhamo has a bad dream that she has gone to a beautiful place with new huts and two beautiful girls. They invite her to eat, and just as she is about to, Crocodile Guts appears. She is so afraid because she knows he is dead. He tells her how well-built his boat is and how the girls are water spirits, njuzu, who taught him all about the water. He tells her not to be afraid of them.
She wakes from the dream and realizes that her boat was tied only to wispy reeds and has broken loose. She's been drifting the whole time she was asleep. At first she tries to row against the current, but she cannot see the shore.....
This is a free excerpt of 122 words. This section contains 241 words. This
study guide contains 25,235 words (approx. 84 pages at 300
words per page).
Read the rest of this Literature Guide with our A Girl Named Disaster Access Pass.