Suddenly, he hears voices not far away from them, and it is moving in their direction. They are practically right underneath the rock formations where he and Jenene hide. He can unmistakably hear them. Now they are right underneath the cave...
At that moment, a scream echoes loudly behind Teuns, and he turns in fright. It is Jenene. He sees her whole body shaking, and then he notices the sand adder, no more than eighteen centimeters away from her face. The snake’s deadly head is flattened, and its body is half lifted out of the sand into the air. Again, Jenene screams so loudly that the cave echoes.
For a while, Teuns forgets about the Arabs right underneath the rock. He knows she will die if the deadly little snake bites Jenene.
“Be very still, Jenene, and do not shout,” he orders her
