109. Entrapped?

There are strange sounds in these gorges in these midnight hours when you want to sleep but sleep won’t come. Uncanny sounds that let you wonder what on earth it could be. Jonathan is an American and a born city boy and he is now stranded here in Africa. He finds it weird and unnerving. There is this boing-boing sound like something jumping on a spring from rock to rock. Maybe a frog? He must repeatedly contain himself not to jump up and go and investigate. Then he hears branches snap as if something big is moving around on the lookout for prey and he must then convince himself that it is a normal night sound. He won’t be able to see much in the dark! Warthogs, antelopes, baboons, leguans or are leopards on the prowl? He doesn’t feel safe. It becomes more agitating if you don’t get to sleep soon and the sounds seem to become even louder and more hazardous. At least he found a tiny hollow against a steep incline above the waterline. He would have felt much more insecure in the open down