The Mystery of Yamashita's Map
“Fraser had shaken most of the salt water from his ears and walked along in the sunlight studying the horizon for any sign of a plane or a boat. Joe lagged behind, puffing and wheezing, resting on the rocks as he took a few faltering steps forward. ‘Look,’ he said, sweating profusely. ‘Can we stop a moment, I mean, I’m not meant for walking this far.’ ‘We’ve only gone a few hundred yards,’ Lisa said with a laugh. ‘Boy, I could do with a drink,’ Joe said. ‘There must be a stream around here somew...here we can drink from,’ the professor answered. ‘Unless it’s a whiskey stream I’m not interested,’ Joe said, and bent down to scoop up some of the water from a rock pool and splashed it on his face. Lisa was beginning to like this island and the thought that there might be a radio on it somewhere that could get them off it pleased her even more. She craned her neck and heard all kinds of different sounds she had not heard before, sounds that she assumed were animals rather than spirits. ‘What did Anderson say about the aswang again, uncle?’ ‘He said they were best left alone.’ ‘What do you know of them, professor?’ Fraser asked. ‘The locals of these islands believe in them fiercely.MoreLess
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