Chapter 12

Orla longs to have a family

Orla was now turned 19 and wished to bring up children of her own, but she knew there was no chance of that ever happening. The population was still at 92 and not enough housing to bring another baby into the village. She was wishing that there maybe some other place she could set up a new home. Orla had heard that there were other shores on Isola as a long time ago a villager had come from some other shore to join their tribe. He was only 14 and a master farmer. She remembered her mother told her about him. But that was a long time ago when her mother was very young.

A chance encounter

Orla was a trainee doctor and she sometime studied the medical cactus, as she was studying the medical cactus, Nitis came to look at the cactus as he was curious about the medical cactus. Orla liked Nitis and Nitis liked her and he had a mop of black hair that Orla liked. Nitis also knew the situation of the population restrictions and wished there was something he could do. Then Nitis thought of a plan and put it to Orla 'We could still have children as I got an idea.'
Orla sounded shocked and said, 'what idea, what are you proposing, you cannot break the law.'
Orla was even more shocked and was tempted at the idea after he told her about his plan. Nitis told her, we could leave this part of the island and find somewhere else to live.'
'You mean to leave Isola??? What!!!'
'No' explained Nitis to find another shore that not many live and to start again and we could bring up a family.'
'It sounds like a nice idea, but where is there such a place? Asked Orla, I never heard of other shores, but though my mother told me about there have been visitors that have been here a long time ago.
'Have you ever read the symbols on the cave walls? Nitis asked.
No I never really took much noticed of the writings, why what do they say?
'Come' showing Orla the way, I'll show you and Orla followed his lead.

The writings on the wall

Orla could see now what the pictures on the cave walls were and to her it looked like a waterfall and two figures that were showing the way down, and she said it looks a bit dangerous as look it is like a warning. See this figure falling down.
'Yes I can see' said Nitis, but are you willing to take that chance?
Orla had to think about this and she thought that there was nothing here anymore and with Nitis who was 25 years old and she knew she would be daft not to take this opportunity offered to her after all he was a trainee builder and maybe his skill would be needed where ever the waterfall would lead them.

To be continued

The next part 4 stage 2 will follow