Preview: Koro has updated the villagers who are sailing with him that they will sail north to avoid what the picture had shown.

Chapter 10. Age 18-19

"Koro, can I speak to you?" It was Ecco, the villager who knew the most about the wind and would guide the raft.
"sure"
"I think that your plan to go north to go south is insane.
We'll run out of food, we won't be able to guarantee returning. Show me this picture."
"OK" They went to the spot where the picture had been. It was no longer there. How ever, there was a message. It said that the longer trip going north to go south would be shorter then the planned trip of just south. Ecco knew that no one had handwriting like the message and agreed to follow the north to go south plan. That day, Koro celebrated turning 18, then he and six other villagers, Chip included, began sailing away.

The sailing was slow at first, but then the raft started going really fast. The raft got turned against the wind, but it still went faster then it should. Two weeks passed. In a day or two it had rounded a satellite island to the north of the island. All the villagers on the raft could see was mountains and smoke, but there were three smoke trails. One for the West, one for the South, and the villagers realized the raft that had been sent out, even before Koro was born, had actually survived and started a village. But Koro didn't know about the raft that was sent years ago.

"Why is there smoke coming from the North part of the island?" Koro asked Ecco.
"There was a raft sent out twenty-two years ago. It was supposed to scout out the coast of the island, but failed to return, everyone figured the storm in the North that flooded the creeks and ponds of the island sank the raft. My wife was on that raft, I bet she's still alive. I spent the next few years after that happened doing nothing."
Koro realized there was a tear on Ecco's cheek.

By now they were three weeks into the voyage, and were beginning to run low on food. They were looping around another satellite island when Hika, the daughter of the tribal elder, pointed to what look like coconut trees. Ecco turned the raft toward the island, and they landed the raft and tied it to a large tree. The villagers got off the raft and started heading towards the where the coconut trees were.

To be continued...