Chapter 28
I did it! I got enough food to get a child! I'm so happy! I can't wait! And Mummy Chimba will want grandchildren! I'm so happy! And so will Ponui! He would be happy to help me raise the kids. I just hope we can fit another child in the hut.
Pai dragged Ponui to the 'prayer hut', as the villagers called it now, and asked the Guiding Hand for their promised baby. In a few minutes, the prayer was answered.
Pilipili then felt an urge to call everyone for a lecture. Everyone came running as he stepped onto his platform. He communicated directly to the Guiding Hand.
"As you may see now, Pai and Ponui have a child. But what you may not know is that now we cannot hold more people until the next hut is finished."
"Next hut? There aren't any plans for a next hut," the villagers murmured to each other.
"The next hut is just North of your last," he pointed out, and gave all the builders the knowledge of how to build the hut. Everyone turned to Umi, who was the only one who knew. He decided to work on the bath, then he would teach his son how to build the hut. Everyone realized that it was for the best that way.