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Thirty three minutes of passive lying on the grass was soon followed by sobs ,whimpers,cries,moans and foul laughter the torture of the night had begun the cries as rising orchestration of ripples finally reached Billy's unit when their dorsal region started receiving what was obviously slaps of machete blades in a frenzied fashion the machete slaps continued evenly distributed he felt warm blood trickling out

From a number of wounds on the skin he felt his skin burnt in pain and he cursed himself for ever filling the Redbeard confraternity form he saw only Darkness and he only Drew comfort from the anguished cries of the boys beside him somewhere crying like newborn babies and in one moment of madness one had even attempted a flight Billy knew that the boy's action was senseless as this was an unknown street several kilometres away from the nearest Highway

After about half an hour of the Machete slap the boys were allowed to rest for about 20 minutes before the next round of torture began billy felt the weight of a boy as he climbed trampled and Scramble the sole of his canvas shoes all over his back and head. a voice instructed them to stretch out their hands and fingers Billy stretch out his hands and before he could have spelt his own name he felt a heavy block of metal fall on his fingers he let out a Yell and folded them in pain he intuitively knew that it was a hammer that hit him probably a sledge hammer as he occupied himself in nursing his right fingers the hammer fell again this time on his left finger that was caressing the right Billy involuntarily Cried Out and simultaneously he heard the hammer fall into the grass and the shouts and cries of other boys beside him he heard the satisfied chuckles as voices harshly ordered them to put their hands in place the knocking of the fingers with hammer continued until Billy was quiet certain that his nerves had gone numb because he felt no pain at a certain point in the exercise Billy heard the boy beside him cry out until his voice cracked releasing sorrowful moans. The beards continued with this exercise occasionally threatening the crying boys with qualification on the ground of being 'sissies' by now Billy had rightly guessed that there were five beards to each unit and mouse seemed to be a member of his own unit although he tried to muffle his voice.

there was after this a full hour of rest for the boys before the next torture began during this interlude the beards resumed their drumming dancing and singing as the blindfolded boys lay on the grass exhausted praying for Daybreak why the nocturnal Ballad was sustained noises of the few boys like the moans of dying men encompassed the tensed atmosphere the music continued until it reached a feverish peak where exhilaration knew no bounds kneading the party of the night into a paroxysm reminiscent of a Rushing desert wind through the clouds of dunes in formation the music came to an abrupt halt after sometime and the new Boys wondered what would be fall them next their spirit sank to the lowest ebb a sudden instruction was heard amidst the quietness ordering the boys to remove their shirts and sit up A Boy From a Distant unit from Billy's was asked to render a non-religious song which was then imposed on the rest of the blindfolded boys the song Began on a sorrowful note but later rose in crescendo which seem to remind the initiated beards that this night was the only gully between the Boys being initiated and them this only rekindled their passion to hurt the new boys unknown to the new boys daggers were being heated in the bonfire and this daggers were gradually becoming red hot .The beards two from each unit strode toward the central bonfire and picking out the dagger from the ragging fire of lorry tryes and returned to their unit .A few minutes later shrieks and wails replaced the defiant song as the burning blades of the dagger found conductor for their high temperature on the bare bodies of the new boys