chapter 8 Exhausted in the jungle Haley and Jason ran as fast as possible to the plane. They reached the plane andthe door began to close ! Haley and Jason play - ron on the door and shouted : " NO,Wait ! " . a agent opened the door and looked at Jason and Haley angry eyes . -What ! ? - Sorry. My sister left her backpack in the plane. 34 - Backpack ? Haley put his head on the plane and saw his backpack. -There it is! Please. The agent looked trim and saw the backpack. He picked it up and handed it to Jason . - Thank you, sir. Thank you . Jason grabbed the bag and took the hand of Haley. They ran into the other plane. Of sud ??- you , Jason stood up, opened the backpack and looked inside. The shrunken head was still there. Jason closed the backpack when he heard " Passengers Baker, Jason Baker and Haley must board your flight to Tiputini . If they are not present ing in five minutes, the flight will leave without USTE - des . "Boys ran into the other plane and on reaching the door , boarded the plane for Tiputini and Rio Napo . Haley and Jason is fully seated exhausted from all the stress . They wanted to sleep, but could not. Only worried about return shrunken head. In half an hour the plane reached Tiputini . The boys got off the plane and 35 they saw everything there was green and very her- moso . They were in the rainforest. It was very hot and very , very wet. listened many tropical birds and a flowing river. Haley told Jason : - Now what ? Where are we going to Encon - TraR Chief Pavo Grande? We are in a Huge jungle . Suddenly the boys heard : -Gringos ! Haley, Jason ... here! Haley and Jason were surprised to hear their names . They turned and saw two low men . They were dressed in skirts brown. Jason thought that none of them could be the boss because they were weak and seemed very young. With very funny accent , men they said : - We are from the tribe of Chief Turkey Grande. We are here to bring them to Chief. One of the men had a collar on hand. It was a very nice necklace. It was made 1 One fact - made 36 several seeds 2 cloves and snakes. the man put the necklace on the neck of Haley. Haley said: -Thank you ! I love it. What these teeth are in the necklace? And these seeds? - Son teeth of a snake . And the semi- Tthe are a fruit of the forest. It is a double necklace. - Double ? Haley thought a marriage was a necklace bit comical because only fifteen. He was too young to marry. She thought it was a good gift , was very interesting. The men shouted at them : -Come on ! With the guiding men , kids cami - Naron toward the river. There they found a canoe made from a tree trunk . They put the canoe on the river and they all rose. Soon, the canoe He moved with the river current . Jason asked : 2 seeds - seeds 37 - Where are we going ? - Let's see the Chief Pavo Grande. - Where does the Chief Pavo Grande? One of the men said : - It's a secret . No one outside the tribe You may know where you live. We will travel two days in the canoe on the Napo River. Then walk for another day jungle. Very worried, Haley replied : -But we 're gonna be late ! - Yes , it's true Miss , 'said one of Jivaro men - . The Boss is not very pleased with you . First, you stole the shrunken head of the museum, and now they will be late. - But what will happen to us ? The Jivaro men only laughed and did not said nothing. Haley did not think that the situation was comic . He was a little angry because the two men laughed . Also was very afraid . The four spent two long days in the canoe. The boys could not sleep because it was 38 very uncomfortable. On the morning of the third day, Jivaro finally stopped the canoe by the river . There was a road that entered the rainforest. All got out of the canoe and entered the jungle. They walked silently down the road. After three hours walking , the boys They were very exhausted. They could hardly walk more . It was very hot and the humidity of the jungle bothered them enough. Moreover, they were tired - two because they had not slept for the past 48 hours. Suddenly , Haley and Jason heard about screaming monkeys in the trees. They looked upwardly bath and saw a group of howler monkeys 3 . They were black color and were great. Haley yelled -Look! What beautiful monkeys! With that, Haley put the bag down and he took one of the bananas bought the lady at the airport. With banana in hand , Haley shook his hand in the air . one monkeys climbed the tree and grabbed the banana hand. Haley turned to get another plas - 39 methane , butthe backpack was not on the floor ! Haley looked up and saw the largest monkey the group with his bag in hand. She screamed : -Oh, No! Neces ito my backpack has the head inside. Jason replied : - Calm down . I have an idea. Jason took off one shoe and threw it the big ape . The monkey did not let the backpack. When Jason threw the other shoe , the monkey angry and shouted them very strong . All other Monkeys are also angry and shouted to the same time . Suddenly, all the monkeys began to Haley and Jason pursue . Jason shouted : -Silly Monkeys ! Let ! The monkeys did not stop pursuing them. Jason and Haley started running , but Haley fell. While on the ground, the monkeys attack - rum . Haley yelled and waved his arms and feet. Quickly, the Jivaro men took their blowers arrows 4 and shot arrows at them 40 monkeys . One threw the monkey that was on Haley and the other threw an arrow into monkey had the backpack. He hit him in the back five and monkey dropped the backpack. Haley screamed and monkeys hands - were quickly climbing trees . - Did you kill the monkey ? The Jivaro man laughed and replied : - No, I did not kill the monkey. There was curare on the arrow. - Curare ? What is curare ? - Curare is the poison we use for kill. We put the arrow and the ani - evil dies. Sometimes we kill the Spot monkeys , but no need now loans more food. we have enough meal today and therefore, we do not kill . The two men looked at Haley Jivaro and they laughed. He spoke in Jivaro and laughed more . Jason and Haley did not understand anything . Frustrated, Jason I told them : 41 - What is it? Why are you laughing both ? - Because we have a tradition in our culture. If howler monkeys attack you , you're the next person who will marry . Jason and Haley laughed. Haley replied : -How ridiculous ! I 'm getting married ! only I'm fifteen and I have no boyfriend. All walked by many hours. At night , they arrived very tired at the can block 6 Pavo Grande. When they arrived, Jason and Haley saw a short, fat man with a crown of red feathers on the head. He was the Chief Pavo Grande. It did not seem very happy. To try to calm him, Jason opened the backpack Haley and pulled the shrunken head. Jason gave head carefully. Upon receiving the fit - za Chief inspected for long, but said nothing. Just had an angry face.