In the Makutsi village, the Finns were unpacking the car and moved their bags to their little wooden cottage. The place was very charming. The house had one floor, a terrace with two rocking chairs and a table, a living room with sofas, bookshelf, TV and brochures about the park, a kitchen, a bedroom and a bathroom with only a shower, toilet and a washbasin. All the other cottages were empty. Charlie Jones was forced to ask the tourists to leave the reserve. “Hi, my name is Cindy Kennedy. Nothing to do with the dead president. I work here and I’m here to help you.” The two Finns looked at the girl that was maybe fourteen years old with the skin very dark, a lovely smile and eyes dark like the night. “Hello, my name is Janne. Nice to meet you.” “Hi, I’m Harri,” he simply answered. “You will save the reserve. You are gods,” she said. “Well, we’ll do everything to save the reserve but I can tell you that we are not gods. We are just two humans,” Happonen explained. Harri took the last bag that contained the water samples. “What is in this bag?” the little girl asked. “Some work. Go to play with the other girl,” Harri answered quite bored. “Don’t be rude,” Havu murmured.
“Tell me, who is the other girl living here?” Happonen asked while he sat on one of the rocking chairs. The little girl sat on the other chair and told: “She’s Sarah Wenger. She is here because she has a lot of problems and she spends her holiday her to learn to be responsible. She is not friendly with me. She says that she hates black people.” “She doesn’t mean it,” comforted the Finn. “But what we like to do is to spy Wumbatt,” she admitted with a smile that revealed her white teeth. “Who is Wumbatt?” “The guy that has the fruit factory in the north. But it’s dangerous.” “Why?” he asked curious. “Because he has a spy! Like James Bond.” “When did you spy him last time? Have you already met that spy?” he asked more and more interested. “Three days ago. And she was here. She said that Wumbatt doesn’t like nosey parkers. We said with Sarah that we threw a Frisbee but she didn’t believe it. She was not joking. We were scared,” she told. “Thanks for telling this story but don’t go there anymore. Do you promise?” Havu asked. “Yes, I promise,” she answered with a smile. “Thanks for helping me to install the material,” Harri complained. “Sorry Mister… it’s my fault. I was talking with Jane,” Cindy justified. “Janne, not Jane. It’s okay. Don’t worry, do you Harri?” Havu asked looking at his colleague. “Yeah, it’s okay. Good night little… little girl,” Harri answered.
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