I lay quietly, waiting for the sound to repeat itself, but it didn't. He said, 'Hmmm?' A strange noise,' I said. Just as I was dozing off, I heard the sound again. I began to wonder whether I had really heard something, or whether it had merely been my imagination. I lay awake for a while, listening and thinking about the strange, dark house. 'What's that?' I asked my slumbering husband. About an hour after retiring, I was woken by a strange sound. We did manage, at least, to have our beds in position and had found bedding for everyone in the midst of the confusion. The house was in chaos, with boxes, crates and bits of furniture all over the place. It had been a long day and by nightfall we were exhausted. Written with warmth, humour and a charm that reflects her deep love of the solitude of the wilderness and her respect for its creatures, great and small, by Kobie Kruger's story of life at Mahlangeni will delight all lovers of wild places. Mahlangeni: Stories of a game ranger's family, by Kobie Kruger.
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