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On page 29, Chiko was tricked into joining the army after seeing an ad in the newspaper asking for teachers. He went to the city hall where the "interview" was supposed to take place. After waiting for a while, suddenly, some people from the military barged into the room and escorted them into an army bus. Chiko was kicked in the jaw for saying that there must have been a mistake, but in reality, the ad asking for teachers was a lie.

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Tai and Chiko Start to Form a Friendship

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Tai and Chiko Start to Form a Friendship

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From pages 39-50, Chiko and Tai start to form a friendship as Tai grabbed an extra blanket and longyi for Chiko, and the next day, Chiko let Tai have the rest of his breakfast. This occurred in the first two days after Chiko and Tai got tricked into the army.

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Chiko Gets Chance to Find Out what Happened to his Father

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Chiko Gets Chance to Find Out what Happened to his Father

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On page 96, while reading letters to U-Tha-Din, Chiko reads a letter from a childhood friend of U-Tha-Din who works at the army headquarters of Yangon, so Chiko takes the opportunity to find out information about his father and manages to pencil in his father's full name when writing the reply.

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On page 108, one night when Chiko and Tai are on their blankets, Chiko thought that Tai was asleep, so he pulls out Lei's photo but Tai wasn't, so he sees it. Tai asked him who she was, so they got into this conversation about Lei and Sawati. Tai started tearing up from worrying about his sister, so when Chiko comforted Tai by saying Sawati(Tai's sister) was probably in his home learning how to make his favorite hot and sour soup, Tai called Chiko "Ko" because they cared so much about each other.

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On page 116, suddenly, one morning, the soldiers disappeared, and the captain left an envelope marked URGENT on U-Tha-Din's cot. When Chiko read the envelope, it said that the army headquarters in Yangon required an office clerk immediately, and there would be a truck coming for Chiko next week. So Chiko now has the chance to leave the jungle and go back to Yangon

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Chiko Decides to Give Up Chance to Go Back Home and Saves Tai

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Chiko Decides to Give Up Chance to Go Back Home and Saves Tai

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On page 123, when the Captain comes back to camp after sending the soldiers to the front lines, he chooses Tai for a deadly mission, this is when Chiko finally decides that he's tired of being scared all the time and decides to lie to the Captain and say that the Major ordered Tai to go to the army headquarters in Yangon and he will sub in for Tai.

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On page 134, the Chiko the mine clearer decides to go through a bramble bush to find the main trail to a "hut full of weapons", while the other wait behind him. But unfortunately, the others got impatient and went through a field, where they detonated a mine. Chiko started to go towards them but also detonats a mine, and the last thing he remembers is falling through the brambles and the bamboo stick he was holding falling out of his hands.

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Tu Reh Decides Against Mercy Killing Chiko

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Tu Reh Decides Against Mercy Killing Chiko

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On page 152, after getting blown up, Chiko actually didn't die. Instead, a group of rebels find him, and on of the rebels is a boy named Tu Reh, who is filled with hatred against Burmese soldiers because they burned down his village. When his father lets him decide what to do with Chiko, his first instinct is to kill him, but after some though, he decides to carry him to the healer's hut to save him, since he couldn't bear to kill a boy younger than him and calling for his mother.

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On page 202, Nya Meh comes into Tu Reh's hut and looks both troubled and tired since she and the doctor couldn't save Chiko's infected leg. Tu Reh is also pissed because they had to escape bullets, an angry elephant, and Tu Reh had to defend his loyalty to get Chiko to safety.

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Tu Reh Decides to Let the Doctor use His Mule in Order to Transport Chiko Back Home

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Tu Reh Decides to Let the Doctor use His Mule in Order to Transport Chiko Back Home

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On page 244, At the community meeting inside the president's hut in order to decide what the Karenni should do with Chiko, Tu Reh decided that he is willing to give up his mule temporarily in order to get Chiko back home. This is because without his mule, either the community would leave Chiko to die as there is no other alternative, or if they didn't Chiko wouldn't be able to get past the border on his one leg.