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inside.neveruldhehaveigihat,thereintheddleofthedesert,thereexistedatentlike
thisohegroundostbeautifulcarpetshehadever
thetopofthestructurehunglasofhandgold,eachhalighteddle.thetribal
broideredsilk
eandhsilvertraysladenhspidtea.otherservants
intaihefiresinthehookahs.theatsphereoke.
therediatelyostiortant:
anarabdressedinicircle.athissideheyoung
arabtheboyhadspokenhearlier.
”hisstrangerens”askedohechieftains,eyeingtheboy.
”itisi,”theboyansoldhehadseen.
”revealsuchthingster,knohatwehavebeenherefeions”saidahechieftains.
”beedtothedesert,”theboysaid.”iseethingsthateyes
habituatedtothedesertghtnotsee.”
andalsobecauseiknoself.
”theoasisisralground.aoasis,”saidathirdchieftain.
”ilytellyoue,youdonthavetodoanythingabout
it.”
thenfellintoananiteddiscussion.theyspokeinanarabicdialectthattheboydidnt
uand,but,adetoleave,theguardtoldhiostay.theboybecafearful;the
onstoldhihatsothingeldriverabout
hehadseeninthedesert.
suddenly,theelderattheperanhadnt
participatedinthediscussion,and,infact,hadntsaidaothatpoint.buttheboywasalready
usedtothelanguageofthehevibrationsofpeacethroughoutthetent.now
hisintuitioning.
thedisentsastheylisteheold
nehisexpressionant.
”tanshrooadungeon
andthensoldasaslave,”theoldnsaid,noerts
boughtthatn,andbroughthioegypt.allofusknosalso
kno.”
theelderntinued,”edofhathinandhat,this
nipeakingofresine.hisnaerina
strangeland,likeyou,andheye.”
hepaused,andhiseyesillunfriendly.
”ihosedays,andde
theegyptianstheenhoocrossthedesert,andhow
theirarry.thetraditionsaysthatanoasisisralterritory,becausebothsides
haveoases,andsobotharevulnerable.”
noonesaidaanntinued.
”butthetraditionalsosaysthatessagesofthedesert.everythingweknow
aughttousbythedesert.”
theoldngaveasignal,andeveryoood.theetinghehookahswere
extinguished,andtheguardsstoodatattention.theboydereadytoleave,buttheoldnspoke
again:
”torroentthatsaysthatheoasisycarryar.
throughouttheentiredayies.enwill
onenangourenees,youeivea
pieceofgold.
”butarotbedrasareascapriciousasthedesert,and,if
theyarenotused,theitheyghtnotfunhasntbeehe
endofthedaytorrow,onewillbeusedonyou.”
oon.hey
nutesfroistent,aokehishere.
heedbyhadhappened.hehadsucceededinreagthroughtothesoulofthe
behislife.iteni.buthehad
beenkingriskybetseversihedayhehadsoldhissheeptopursuehisdestiny.and,asthe
orrohandyingonanyotherday.everydaywas
theretobelivedortorkourefrohishingdependedononeword:
”ktub.”
orro
ogethefuture.heleasthavediedafterhavingcrossedthestrait,afterhaving
aseyes.hehad
livedeveryoneofhisdaysintenselysinorrow,he
orethanothershepherds,a.
suddenlyheheardathunderingsound,andhehroothegroundbyahashehad
neverknooonfroiewas
anenorus.
bledatalwasa
horsendressedpletelyinblack,hafalnperchedonhisleftshoulder.heurban
andhisentireface,exceptforhiseyes,hablackkerchief.heappearedtobea
ssengerfrohedesert,buthispresenessenger.
thestrangehorsendreous,curvedsascabbarduntedonhissaddle.the
steelofitsbladeglitteredinthelightoftheon.
”eaningoftheflightofthehaanded,soloudlythathiswords
seedtoetreesofalfayou
”itisiiheigeofsantiagotaros,
untedonhisanlookedexactlythesa,
exceptthatnoheroleswerereversed.
”itisiodoso,”herepeated,andhelooreceiveablowf
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