Adventurous Life
In the biggest city in Ireland, there is a small family. Only a son lives with his old parents in the wealthy big house. His name is Kai. He is nineteen years. He is rich and educated man. His face never shows his smile and then people don’t know his heart by looking at his physical appearance. He is tall young man with beards and red muscular body. His family is business people but his home life does not bring him any happiness because parents are busy with their business.
He likes collecting musical instruments from different countries as he is in the city. His hobbies are hiking, horse riding and discovering birds and he is adventurous person. When he is angry he does not want to talk with others and he responds to people sharply. When he is in good mood, he just smiles a bit and a few hoarse words pop up. He never likes woman and his most unusual characteristic is he does not want to talk with any women.
In countryside, there is a poor farmer and he has a young energetic daughter. She is Valentina. She is seventeen years old and she is Irish. She is slim, tall young woman with long black down to her hip like a beautiful princess. Her face is like V shape and her rosy cheeks make her face look brighter when she smiles. She comes from a poor family from countryside.
Her hobbies are reading, singing with the kids and she likes to collect the wild flowers in the wood. Valentina likes to collect the bird nests with others friends when they have free time. When she goes out, she likes to wear long dress that embroidered with small flowers. She always carries a small basket to put the white wild flowers and fruits. She helps the poor widows and small children with housework and gives the children food whenever she sees them.
When she feels frustrated with anyone, she cries softly and the tears flow on her cheeks but she never fights back people. She can attract her friends and other people by singing with gentle voice that melts everyone’s hearts. The most unusual characteristic of Valentina is she likes throwing the small stones in the water when she feels very happy or when she feels really sad that makes everyone notices.
Back to the city, Kai is a grown up man and he has high education and he can help his father with business. He can replace his father when his father is a way for some reason but he does not want to work with his father because he does not interest in his father’s work. Kai always wanders with friends and enjoy being an adventurous person with different friends. One-day Kai’s father comes to his room.
Father said, “I have known that you enjoy adventurous life.”
Kai answers, “Yes, of course.”
His father asks, “Do you want to go to a place where you can enjoy with friends and experience a new adventure?” Kai looks confused because his father never asks him this kind of question before.
Kai replies, “Of course, do you see any place like that?”
His father immediately says, “I have a friend from the countryside. He is doing business of selling wild animals with me. I have to contact with him often and see the animals that he has caught. This week, I am very busy and I do not have time to go and see what he has kept some wild animals for me. I need you to replace me and go there. I hope that you like that place because the countryside is peaceful and quiet.”
Kai nods and he interests with catching wild animals too. His father shows him some pictures of countryside that he has to go and he looks around each picture. He smiles and he is agreed to go to that place.
Kai’s father continues joking, “you can discover wild life and you will have friends there too because my friend has a daughter who really enjoy with wild animals like you. I think you might really like her too. If you see her, you will forget to come back to the city.” Kai smiles a bit and agrees to go to the countryside, which is far away from city. People cannot communicate each other by phone.
In the morning, Kai packs his bags and starts his journey. He arrives to the place his father’s friend when the sun is almost set. The countryside looks green and quiet. Not long, he hears the noises of wild animals from the near jungle. He is so excited and he plans to catch a wild animal by himself tomorrow morning. The house looks quiet and later he sees a farmer with a hoe on his shoulder comes back towards the house. The farmer’s wrinkle face shows him a smile and welcomes him in the house. Kai does not see any daughter of the farmer but he just hears the noise from upstairs. He thinks that it might be the wild animals that the farmer caught for his father.
In the morning, Kai wakes up and he sees the sun rises horizontally to the coconut trees. The countryside looks peaceful where you can find the birds singing and the farm young animals romp happily in the farm. On the other side, you can hear the birds and monkeys are making noises in the jungle. Kai really interests in that place.
While he is looking out through the window, he sees a white figure with long hair passing him quickly and it disappears. He wonders it must be a ghost because the house looks quiet and scary. Kai and the farmer start working together and Kai enjoys checking the animals that the farmer has caught.
Kai starts wonders about what his father has told him that the farmer has a daughter but he does not see her in the house. In the first day, he discovers the beauty of the countryside; the different kinds of birds in the wood and hiking and taking pictures. Kai feels good with fresh countryside wind. In the evening, Kai hears the farming talking to someone and he peeps through the window and then he sees a young long hair woman talking and laughing together with her father. The farmer introduces Kai to his daughter, Valentina.
Kai says, “Hi, glad to be in your house.” It is the first time in Kai’s life that he talks kindly to girls.
Valentina glances at him and says, “Happy to see you here.” She turns away from Kai and continues talking to her father. Kai upsets a bit and he does not like the way Valentina talks to him. Kai stays in the farmer’s house almost one week and he understands that Valentina does not want his father to keep Kai to work with her father in their place.
For Kai, he finds that countryside is peaceful to stay so he continues his business with Valentina’s father. It is not a reason that Valentina is beautiful so he wants to stay. The reason is he likes walking in the forest and discovers the birds and the nests in the big tree. He does not know that he and Valentina interest the same things as watching the birds and hiking.
One day while Kai is aiming to catch a small bird with his own hand, the bird flies away because it hears the sound of broken branches. Kai turns around and sees the farmer’s daughter in her white dress picking up the wild flowers among the green grass. Kai looks at her and she looks at Kai. Their eyes meet each other and they cannot talk for a while because both of them do not like each other at home. Anyhow, Kai starts the conversation.
Kai says, “I did not know that you like to come to the wood like me.” Valentina gets angry when he compares himself with her. She turns to him.
“I like and enjoy wild life in the jungle since I was a small girl because I am a country girl, not like you.”
When they come back to the house, father asks Valentina to cook and Kai helps them with cleaning the dishes. After three months they start be friend to each other and then they become good friends.
When they have free time, they walk in the wood together and help each other with discovering the different sounds of wild animals. Kai gives Valentina a small sky blue notebook to write what she likes about the jungle life and the names of the birds. As they know each other more and more, they start like each other more than friends. They plan to meet each other in the wood where they usually go every day.
Sometimes Kai waits for Valentina but she does not appear. He looks for her and then he sees Valetina hides behind the tree. Then they sit down under the tree and chat until evening comes. One day Kai calls her and he gives her a small silver ring but she refuses to take it and she throw it back to him. Kai’s face grows sad and she walks away from him.
Valentina does not want to go to the wood with Kai anymore. Every time Kai calls her, she ignores him. Kai goes to the wood alone and he feels lonely without Valentina. As Kai comes as business trip, his work is done and everything is ready to send to the city.
One day Kai plans to go back to his place and continues his own work because he has finished his father’s work with Valentina’s father. He packs up his bags and carries his bag at his back and starts walking down the narrow path.
While he walks passing the wood and he still remembers Valentina more and more. He hears the sound like someone follows him. In his mind, he thinks that it might be Valentina and then he turns back. It is not Valentina, it is an angry tiger instead. The tiger moves closer and closers to Kai. He cannot find any way to escape and he only hears the tiger growling and he is scared to death.
He calls, “Help! Help! Help!” but no one is near to come and kills the tiger.
The tiger comes closer to him and the noise of the tiger’s growling and Kai’s screaming make the villagers come with the weapon to kill the wild animals.
When the villagers arrive, they see only the blood and they cannot find the tiger and Kai. Villagers, Valentina’s father and Valentina look for Kai everywhere but they cannot him except the blood. Behind one of the big trees, Valentina sees Kai’s bag. She rushes to it but she cannot find the owner. She cries for Kai.
For half and hour, while Valentina walks passed the big tree. Among the dry brown leaves, she hears the sound and she looks around and she sees Kai moans in pain and the blood is everywhere. Valentina rushes to him and she calls the villagers and they carry him to her house again. He is really weak and has to stay in bed.
Valentian cures his wound and he recovers after one month. Before Kai left Valentina’s house, he gives again Valentina the silver ring and tells her that he will come back again next business trip.
