That night, when the guards shone their lights on Paul, he looked like he was sleeping soundly, but he wasn't. He was wide awake, just waiting for his chance to escape.

Late at night he heard a motorboat coming up the river. It sounded as if it was going to stop at their camp. The guard who had his light shining on Paul turned away and headed toward the river.

Quickly Paul grabbed the log and stuck it under his blanket.

Still lying down, he moved out from under the blanket and started putting his other stuff under it, when, swish, a light swung round and shined on Paul.

The guard came closer and shined the light right on him.