The Tusk That Did the Damage (2015)
“The white man was a British engineer, sent to cut a royal road through the mountains, but he couldn’t find a path. He wasn’t an explorer, and this was some dense and secretive terrain. Couldn’t the boy, being a local and privy to local secrets, just show him the way?
The boy demanded cash and the watch on the engineer’s wrist.
Proffering the watch—cash later—the engineer trailed the boy into the mountains, tracing a route tamped by elephant feet. Every so often the boy stopped and said he had t...o go home because his mother was waiting; he hadn’t the time to go all the way to the peak. Just a bit farther, the engineer kept urging, just a bit more.
At sundown they reached the peak. The man squinted at the mountains beyond and smiled as if he’d come into some great inheritance. Happy now? the boy said. Now give me my money.
Just a minute, said the engineer, reaching into his coat pocket.
I don’t have any more minutes, the boy insisted.
True, said the engineer, leveling his pistol, and shot the boy in the face.MoreLess
The boy demanded cash and the watch on the engineer’s wrist.
Proffering the watch—cash later—the engineer trailed the boy into the mountains, tracing a route tamped by elephant feet. Every so often the boy stopped and said he had t...o go home because his mother was waiting; he hadn’t the time to go all the way to the peak. Just a bit farther, the engineer kept urging, just a bit more.
At sundown they reached the peak. The man squinted at the mountains beyond and smiled as if he’d come into some great inheritance. Happy now? the boy said. Now give me my money.
Just a minute, said the engineer, reaching into his coat pocket.
I don’t have any more minutes, the boy insisted.
True, said the engineer, leveling his pistol, and shot the boy in the face.MoreLess
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