Chapter 15 A Long Walk to water
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- Southern Sudan, 2009
- Don't worry! The water is muddy because it's still mixed with the old water they were using from the pond. They have to drill farther down to get good clean water farther down...It could be several days before they could drink the water.
- Nairobi, Kenya-Rochester, New York 1996'The Lost Boys'
- winter?
- It's winter in America.Yes. very cold. You will be given more clothes in New York.
- Salva could believe his eyes when he boarded the plane in Nairobe.
- Coca-Cola!
- Would you like a drink? Coca-Cola? Orange juice?
- Even though the water spraying out of the borehole was brown and muddy, some little boys wanted to drink right away.But the mothers held them back.
- In New York City the aid worker led the boys to different gates..While others were in groups of two or three. Salva was the only on going to Rochester.
- what if my new family isn't there? What if they have changed their minds? What if the meet me and don't like me?
- They rode a truck from the Ifo refugee camp to a processing center in Nairobi, the capital City of Kenya. Endless forms had to be filled out...But there were one clear moment:When he was given new clothes...Now Salva's arms were piled high with new clothes, underwear,socks sneakers.
- The plane landed at last, its wheels screeching, while Salva gripped the armrests and braced himself for what was to come.
- Hello!Thank you!
- Every person had a seat, and they all had luggage too...Once the other plane was aloft, Salva stared at the scene outside the small window...The Journey to Salva's new home required not one, not two but three planes.
- The glass door of the airport terminal slid open. The frigid air hits Salva's face. Never had he felt such cold before!
- On the plane to Rochester,most of the passengers were men traveling on their own. But there were some women too and a few families--mothers,fathers and children...he couldn't help studying the families closely.
- There they were, smiling and waving in the airport lobby--his new family! Chris the father, Louise the mother, and four children. He felt his shoulders relax a little on seeing their eager smiles.
- When he inhaled, he thought his lungs would surely freeze solid and stop working...Salva stood still inside the terminal doors for a few moments...Tears came his eyes perhaps from the cold air blowing in through the open doors...Salva blinked away the tears and took his first step into a new life in America.
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