The Six Escapes - Finding Lost Civilizations

initial two hours. Seeing several peoplepassing by on the road, I decided weshould not wait there, but relocate to theother side of the creek on a hill, whichwould give us a good view of our presentlocation should the relative be caught andtell them of our whereabouts. That way wewould have a chance to escape.By 5:30 p.m. we spotted a policemanwith a bike accompanied by two other mencoming up the road. We concluded that ourrelative had been caught and spilled thebeans. The three of us decided that it wastoo risky at that point to cross the border;instead, we would return home. Should thepolice be looking for us at our homes, wecould simply deny our venture. And in fewdays, we would try again, at a differentregion, and without our relativeWe were running across the mountainstoward Maribor on new terrain, trying toavoid the upcoming road. It took us untilmidnight to reach Maribor, and I felt sorryfor our older friend, who was beat andwalking sideways like a crab. Since it wasafter midnight, we had no choice but tocontinue walking another 12 kilometers tomake it home. The same was true for mybrother but he was going in a differentdirection.The two of us arrived home at 4 a.m. Myaunt opened the door with an expression ofdisbelief and surprise. She said, “My God,you two must have been through hell." Sheinvited us in, and the first thing she broughtus was iodine for our scrapes and bruises.Then we made us a good breakfast. Iasked her if any police had come asking for