Chapters 31-34, p. 340-357 Summary

The spring flowers are now here in chapter thirty-one, even on the peak of Alidagh. Winter has been tough to survive, with Memed and the women huddling together for warmth. Iraz and Hatche dream of escaping being fugitives through an amnesty. They will settle with Memed on the Chukurova plain and have a nice farm. Memed often goes out of their cave to get supplies that Lame Ali leaves for him at the base of the mountain. Then one day Memed does not come back, and only appears a week later. He was ambushed by Black Mustafa when he went to get ammunition. Only Memed's good friend Jabbar was able to rescue Memed. At the cave, Memed tells the women he was shot, and they remove the bullet from his shoulder. It takes a week for Memed...