Preview: Koro went over a waterfall.

Chapter 6. Age 14 to 16
Koro slowly opened his eyes. His head was throbbing and his sight was bleary. He could vaguely make out people standing over him. He blinked a few times and sat up. He felt where his head hurt the worst, there was a large bump there. He was seeing clearer, he could tell he was in a partially opened hut. "What happened?"
"We were waiting for you to return. There was a loud splash in the pond, so we all ran over. We looked around the pond for what ever splashed. Then we heard one of our farmers say that something was floating in the creek. We ran down there and pulled you out. On the way out, you slipped from one of the villagers hands and hit your head on a rock. We took you to the hospital."
A few days later when Koro was feeling better, around the fire at night time, Koro told the kids what he saw from the mountain. They seemed fascinated. He finally knew what he could do if he reached the southern village. Him and some builders spent the next two years building a raft. Once it was completed, Koro asked who wanted to join him in finding the southern village. A few villagers stepped up, but a storm was starting, and it would be a few days before they could sail. As the other villagers headed to the huts for protection from the rain, Koro tied his raft to a rock, then headed into one of the huts.
To be continued...