“Tomorrow, I signal before we start.” Urubu gestured toward the hammer and anvil. “If you do not come to join us, we will know you are staying with the safari—to guide them the long way.”
Urubu and Luiz were turning in the direction of the spot where the boys lay hidden. Biff whispered to Kamuka:
“Let’s crawl out of here fast—”
“Stay still!” Kamuka’s interruption came as a warning hiss. “Do not move—not one inch!”
Biff let his eyes turn in the direction of Kamuka’s stare. Despite the intense heat of the jungle, Biff could actually feel himself freeze. Coming straight toward them through the tall grass was the head of a huge snake!
Behind it, the grass rippled from the slithering coils that followed. Fully twenty feet in length, the gigantic creature could only be an anaconda, greatest of all boa constrictors.
To be caught within those crushing coils would mean sure death!
CHAPTER VIII
A Traitor Strikes
“Do not move—not one inch!”
Kamuka repeated that warning as the snake’s long body slid slowly past. Whether or not the creature was in search of other prey, to move would be to attract it. Biff realized that from Kamuka’s tone as well as his words.