Book 3, The Things We Didn't Know (223-244) Summary

Leah makes Ruth May get out of bed after three weeks. There isn't much she can do about Mother, but she thinks she can help Ruth May. She takes Ruth May outside for some sunshine, but the little girl slumps wherever Leah puts her. She tries to get her interested in the ant lions and then sits her in the swing. Leah sees Anatole watching them.

Anatole brings them a jungle rabbit. Leah realizes that she likes Anatole. Anatole has come to talk to their father but Leah says that he isn't there. He tells Leah that there is bad business going on in the Katanga Province. The leader there, Moise Tshombe, has declared the province separate from the Republic of Congo. This way he can make his own business with...