A LONG WAY GONE PG 30

"We were so hungry that it hurt to drink water and we felt cramps in our guts.it was as though were eating the insides of our stomach. our lips became parched and our joints weakened and ached. I began to feel my ribs when i touched my sides. We did not know were to go to get more food. The one cassava farm that we ravaged did not last long. birds and animals such as rabbits were no where to be seen. We became  irritable and sat apart from each other, as if sitting together made us hungrier."