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Photo by Alan Decker Jacob Puka: Even at the age of six, you had to learn the name of each cow. You never count your cows, but our family probably had 500. Maybe 300. The Ethiopian Army caught up with the boys at the Gilo River. Most of us couldn t swim, says Isaac. It was really very deep and swollen because of rains. The currents were very, very fast. All the rivers were overflowing. We didn t have boats. There was no bridge. The army started firing guns at us. Artillery, big machine guns. And that s why many of us threw ourselves into the river, because we had no option. Out of the river you just get shot. I did not know how to swim, and I was scared to throw myself into the river and get drowned or be taken down by a crocodile. So I followed another group who were running along the riverbank. ....