Chapter 4

Sake would be 14 in a few Isola days and would be old enough to work. Her younger friends were sad that she not be able to play with them any more and said, we’re going to miss having you around, you going to be all grown up and 14. Unagi said.
‘I know, but look on the bright side we still got a few days to play together and come on lets play tag and they all joined in to play tag.

Sake is 14

Sake after a tag game on her 14th birthday was the last game she would ever play with her friends made the most of it. Then she told them. I have to start work now, but don’t worry I’ll be still around at the end of the day. I cannot see the mushrooms no more, nor can the collectables, but I do grownup things like fishing. Not yet tell stories until I am 18. You are all grown up now’ Unagi said, she was now 12 years old and so was Nanu the twins were age 9 and Jak was age 10 Nishi was still 13 and she too would be 14 in another Isola moon was really going to miss her, but she knew that it would not be long before she was old enough to start work and the job she be doing would be a builder as she had gained a building skill from her mother who was a master builder.

Sake started work on the fields first with her mother by watering the crops and then decided to go fishing. Sometime Sake failed to catch a fish or sometime when she watered the field sometimes messed it up by watering the part of the field that did not need doing at times.

Nishi is 14

One Isola moon later Nishi was 14 and as she had a skill in construction, ask the master builders if any of the huts needed fixing and then decided to examine the huts and found them in good repair. Then as there was no huts to be fix at the moment, Nishi walked to the centre of the village not sure what to do. The guiding hand was not around when she turned 14, so had no one to guide her. Then one of the villagers came to her asking her if she could fix part of the hospital as damp had got into part of the building after the flash flood. Nishi was pleased to have the job and got to fix the hospital and soon became a trainee builder and not long after she had many fixing jobs to do. Then when there was no work and by now was adept builder, went round the island enjoying the beach, the pond and taking time out to relax as she liked resting as her favourite past time.

Unagi, age 13 Nanu age 13, Jak age 9 and the twins, Jem and Kaana age 8 and sometime Lenok age 11 would join them to play together. The children would run to the coconut trees and jump up to see how far they could reach them. They did miss Sake as she was there leader and now they needed to have another leader and they voted for Lenok to be their leader. Lenok was 10 Isola years old and her thought that Unagi should be their leader as she was now the oldest in the group and so Unagi who was now age just 13 was nominated as leader. Unagi was proud to be the leader, but hoped she be as good leader as Sake. Unagi kept to the same rules in the tag game as Sake and when any one who joined in she made very welcome.

The oldest villager dies

The oldest village died her name was Noa the children’s teacher and there was no elderly villagers left and Zola who was now the oldest in the tribe was nominated as the elder she was only age 53 and still young, but too old to have children and still had all her hair colour so did not feel like an elder at all. As she knew there was no one older than her had to except this title and would hold it with proud. As the population was now 114 after Noa died. She was Nanu’s gran and Nanu was very sad his gran had died as she was a good at telling stories, but been a boy he was not going to let that get to him, after all Sake was very brave when her gran died knowing she was very old and had gone to Isola haven. He was 13 and thinking that he was too old to cry now, but this did not stop the feelings he was missing her as to him, she had lived for ever. The other children knew Noa was his gran and said they were sorry that she had died. Every body went to honour the dead after she died and put flowers on the graves.

Tuna was the last to give birth to a baby the last child to be born for next 20 Isola years or more. Who she would name Zola when she was age 2. The new baby was Unagi’s baby sister and she promised to look after her baby sister as soon as she was 2. The only thing is that Unagi would be age 15 and working by the time her baby sister was old enough to walk and play. Unagi would miss the chance to play with her, that she would be too old, yet she could still look after her like her mom would. Nanu joined her to look at her new baby sister and thought she was lovely.

To be continued