The villagers gathered around Gau.
He groaned in pain.
Suddenly some women appeared, howling and screaming.
The villagers began to clap loudly and chant.
A man wearing bracelets on his wrists and ankles jumped into the fire.
"Wow!" said Vinnie.
The man began dancing and jumped in and out of the fire.
He waved his arms above his head and then moved over to Gau.
The healer placed his hands on Gau's leg.
The villagers clapped harder, and the women screamed louder.
"Oh, Twi, I'm scared!" cried Mandy.
"Shh, Mandy," whispered Twi.
"Yeah, Mandy, cool it," said Vinnie.
Soon, everything got quiet.
Gau sat up, and Kashe walked over to him.
The other villagers gathered around.
An old man was sitting close by.
He was holding a rock and dipping his fingers into some kind of paint.
He started drawing something on the rock.
"What's he doing?" Mandy asked Twi.
"He is recording the healing on a rock," explained Twi.
"His picture proves our healers have great power.
We use these rocks to tell the story to our children."
"Stories?" asked Vinnie.
"Yes," said Twi.
"Sometimes we have bigger stories to tell.
So we put them on bigger rocks."
"Come," Twi's mother called.
"We have delicious mongongo!"
Everyone cheered.
Twi brought over two bowls for Vinnie and Mandy.
Mandy took a sip.
"It's wonderful!" she said.
Kashe came over and sat beside Vinnie and Mandy.
They all watched some boys playing a game.
They were throwing long wooden sticks at a round target made out of woven grass.
"The little ones are already practicing to be good hunters," said Kashe.
"One day you'll be a fine hunter too, Vinnie."
"Vinnie," said Mandy, "I think I know what the glowing thing is."
"What is it?" asked Vinnie.
He didn't want to take the photo out.
All the villagers would see it.
"It's a rock.
I saw it when I was gathering mongongo nuts with Twi," Mandy said.
"But you didn't return home," Vinnie pointed out.
She thought for a moment.
"I know. It's strange."
"You should get some rest,"
said Kashe, turning to the children.
"We are moving our village tomorrow."
"Where?" asked Vinnie.
"To a place with fresh water,"
Kashe answered, and went inside a hut.
"Vinnie," Mandy whispered, "We can't go with them—we have to get home!"
The children quietly left the village and went toward the cave.
Nobody saw them leave.
Vinnie took out the photo.
It was glowing blue.
"We're close," said Mandy.
They walked over to the painted rock just inside the cave.
"This is it!" she said.
She could see animals and dancing men.
Vinnie looked at the photo.
"But why weren't you sent home when you were here with Twi?"
"I don't . . ." Mandy began.
"Wait—maybe because we always have to go photo traveling together!" she cried.
The photo was glowing red.
"That's it!" shouted Vinnie.
The children fell down the dark tunnel.