4. Reread paragraphs 4-6. What was the reaction of the three women on the river have
seeing Kamau? What is the 'Secret' that he feels is binding them together.

This paragraph has been Derived  from the story "The return" by Ngugi wa Thiong'o. The story begins with a Kenyan man Kamau who is returning back to his home after being in the prison for five years because he had joined the Mau Mau Rebellion.

Explanation:

The  Mau Mau Rebellion was an anti-British movement which was lead by the Gikuyu ethnic group and had resulted in imprisonment and death of the Gikuyu people.

Kamu on his arrival to the  valley comes across some women on the the river he greets them thinking that they will recall him but no one  responds him back .This reaction makes Kamu think that they women knows something that he is not aware of.

In this story Kamu is attached to his wife  Muthoni,and is always thinking about her but on reaching home he comes to know the secret that his wife has married another man thinking that kamu was dead.

This was the secret the that the women at the river where hiding.

answer: he would chuck as much wood as he could chuck if he could chuck wood with a wood chuck