AFRICAN CAMP FIRES 



But now we were confronted with a new problem: 

 that of getting our twenty-nine chosen ones to- 

 gether again. They had totally disappeared. In all 

 directions we had emissaries beating up the laggards. 

 As each man reappeared carrying his little bundle, 

 we lined him up with his companions. Then when 

 we turned our backs we lost him again; he had 

 thought of another friend with whom to exchange 

 farewells. At the long last however, we got them 

 all collected. The procession started, the naked 

 boys proudly wheeling our bikes alongside. We 

 saw them fairly clear of everything, then turned 

 them over to Kongoni, while we returned to Nairobi 

 to see after our effects. 



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