or a short time but they take their leave of each other, Siddhartha still with great love for his friend. After departing from Govinda, Siddhartha reflects on his life. He understands that he had to go through all the events and experiences in order to get to this point and begin again as a child. Great happiness was mounting in him. The world looked very different to him now.Remembering the friendly ferryman that took him across the river once before he decides to stay by the river. He wanted to learn from it, and so went to the friendly man. Siddhartha tells him that he lives a great life and, offering his clothes as payment, he asks him to take him across. The ferryman, Vasudeva, recognizes Siddhartha from the past. After crossing the river, Siddhartha tells Vasudeva his life story and Vasudeva sees that the river has spoken to him. He says that Siddhartha will learn to listen to the river, and he will learn one other thing too but he can not tell him what. The two of them lived together for awhile, occasionally exchanging words that were few and long considered. Time went by and Siddhartha learned from the river. He also became more and more like the ferryman, their smiles growing similar. Many travelers thought them brothers. One day, while making a pilgrimage to see the dying Buddha, Kamala and her son came across the river. While resting she was bitten by a snake. Siddhartha, hearing their cries for help, finds her and their son. He takes them back to his hut and tries to help her, but it is too late. Kamala dies, leaving her son in Siddharthas care. The boy mourns and cries for a while and Siddhartha leaves him alone. When he was done grieving Siddhartha tries to treat him with great kindness to teach him the ways the he himself follows. His son, however, is rebellious. It became increasingly difficult for Siddhartha to care for him since he was completely unresponsive. Eventually his son runs away a...
