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boyonishedbyhesaw
insideneveruldhehaveiginedthat,thereintheddleofthedesert,thereexistedatentlike
thisonethegroundostbeautifulcarpetshehadever
thetopofthestructurehunglasofhandgold,eachhalightedcandlethetribal
broideredsilk
eandhsilvertraysladenhspicesandteaotherservants
intainedthefiresinthehookahstheatsphereoke
therediatelyostiortant:
anarabdressedinicircleathissideheyoung
arabtheboyhadspokenhearlier
”hisstrangerens”askedoneofthechieftains,eyeingtheboy
”itisi,”theboyansoldhehadseen
”revealsuchthingstoastranger,knohatwehavebeenherefor
generations”saidanotherofthechieftains
”beedtothedesert,”theboysaid”icanseethingsthateyes
habituatedtothedesertghtnotsee”
andalsobecauseiknoself
”theoasisisneutralgroundnooneattacksanoasis,”saidathirdchieftain
”icanonlytellyoue,youdonthavetodoanythingabout
it”
thenfellintoananiteddiscussiontheyspokeinanarabicdialectthattheboydidnt
understand,but,adetoleave,theguardtoldhiostaytheboybecafearful;the
onstoldhihatsothingeldriverabout
hehadseeninthedesert
suddenly,theelderattheperanhadnt
participatedinthediscussion,and,infact,hadntsaidaothatpointbuttheboywasalready
usedtothelanguageofthehevibrationsofpeacethroughoutthetentnow
hisintuitioning
thedisentsastheylistenedtotheold
nehisexpressionant
”tanshrooadungeon
andthensoldasaslave,”theoldnsaid,noerchants
boughtthatn,andbroughthioegyptallofusknosalso
kno”
theeldetinued,”edofhathinandhat,this
nipeakingofresinehisnaoo,rangerina
strangeland,likeyou,andheyourage”
hepaused,andhiseyesillunfriendly
”ineinthosedays,andde
theegyptianstheenhoocrossthedesert,andhow
theirarrythetraditionsaysthatanoasisisneutralterritory,becausebothsides
haveoases,andsobotharevulnerable”
noonesaidaanntinued
”butthetraditionalsosaysthatessagesofthedeserteverythingweknow
aughttousbythedesert”
theoldngaveasignal,andeveryonestoodtheetinghehookahswere
extinguished,andtheguardsstoodatattentiontheboydereadytoleave,buttheoldnspoke
again:
”torroentthatsaysthatnooneattheoasisycarryar
throughouttheentiredayiesenwill
onenangourenees,youeivea
pieceofgold
”butarcannotbedrasareascapriciousasthedesert,and,if
theyarenotused,thenexttitheyghtnotfunhasntbeenusedbythe
endofthedaytorrow,onewillbeusedonyou”
oonhey
nutesfroistent,andbegantokehishere
heedbyhadhappenedhehadsucceededinreachingthroughtothesoulofthe
behislifeiteningbetbuthehad
beenkingriskybetseversincethedayhehadsoldhissheeptopursuehisdestinyand,asthe
orrohandyingonanyotherdayeverydaywas
theretobelivedortorkonesdeparturefrohishingdependedononeword:
”ktub”
orro
ochangethefutureheleasthavediedafterhavingcrossedthestrait,afterhaving
aseyeshehad
livedeveryoneofhisdaysintenselysinorrow,he
orethanothershepherds,andhehat
suddenlyheheardathunderingsound,andhehroothegroundbyahashehad
neverknooonfroiewas
anenorus
bledatalwasa
horsendressedpletelyinblack,hafalnperchedonhisleftshoulderheurban
andhisentireface,exceptforhiseyes,hablackkerchiefheappearedtobea
ssengerfrohedesert,buthispresenessenger
thestrangehorsendreous,curvedsascabbarduntedonhissaddlethe
steelofitsbladeglitteredinthelightoftheon
”eaningoftheflightofthehaanded,soloudlythathiswords
seedtoetreesofalfayou
”itisiindedoftheigeofsantiagotaros,
untedonhisanlookedexactlythesa,
exceptthatnoheroleswerereversed
”itisiodoso,”herepeated,andhelooreceiveablowf
... </P></TD>
boyonishedbyhesaw
insideneveruldhehaveiginedthat,thereintheddleofthedesert,thereexistedatentlike
thisonethegroundostbeautifulcarpetshehadever
thetopofthestructurehunglasofhandgold,eachhalightedcandlethetribal
broideredsilk
eandhsilvertraysladenhspicesandteaotherservants
intainedthefiresinthehookahstheatsphereoke
therediatelyostiortant:
anarabdressedinicircleathissideheyoung
arabtheboyhadspokenhearlier
”hisstrangerens”askedoneofthechieftains,eyeingtheboy
”itisi,”theboyansoldhehadseen
”revealsuchthingstoastranger,knohatwehavebeenherefor
generations”saidanotherofthechieftains
”beedtothedesert,”theboysaid”icanseethingsthateyes
habituatedtothedesertghtnotsee”
andalsobecauseiknoself
”theoasisisneutralgroundnooneattacksanoasis,”saidathirdchieftain
”icanonlytellyoue,youdonthavetodoanythingabout
it”
thenfellintoananiteddiscussiontheyspokeinanarabicdialectthattheboydidnt
understand,but,adetoleave,theguardtoldhiostaytheboybecafearful;the
onstoldhihatsothingeldriverabout
hehadseeninthedesert
suddenly,theelderattheperanhadnt
participatedinthediscussion,and,infact,hadntsaidaothatpointbuttheboywasalready
usedtothelanguageofthehevibrationsofpeacethroughoutthetentnow
hisintuitioning
thedisentsastheylistenedtotheold
nehisexpressionant
”tanshrooadungeon
andthensoldasaslave,”theoldnsaid,noerchants
boughtthatn,andbroughthioegyptallofusknosalso
kno”
theeldetinued,”edofhathinandhat,this
nipeakingofresinehisnaoo,rangerina
strangeland,likeyou,andheyourage”
hepaused,andhiseyesillunfriendly
”ineinthosedays,andde
theegyptianstheenhoocrossthedesert,andhow
theirarrythetraditionsaysthatanoasisisneutralterritory,becausebothsides
haveoases,andsobotharevulnerable”
noonesaidaanntinued
”butthetraditionalsosaysthatessagesofthedeserteverythingweknow
aughttousbythedesert”
theoldngaveasignal,andeveryonestoodtheetinghehookahswere
extinguished,andtheguardsstoodatattentiontheboydereadytoleave,buttheoldnspoke
again:
”torroentthatsaysthatnooneattheoasisycarryar
throughouttheentiredayiesenwill
onenangourenees,youeivea
pieceofgold
”butarcannotbedrasareascapriciousasthedesert,and,if
theyarenotused,thenexttitheyghtnotfunhasntbeenusedbythe
endofthedaytorrow,onewillbeusedonyou”
oonhey
nutesfroistent,andbegantokehishere
heedbyhadhappenedhehadsucceededinreachingthroughtothesoulofthe
behislifeiteningbetbuthehad
beenkingriskybetseversincethedayhehadsoldhissheeptopursuehisdestinyand,asthe
orrohandyingonanyotherdayeverydaywas
theretobelivedortorkonesdeparturefrohishingdependedononeword:
”ktub”
orro
ochangethefutureheleasthavediedafterhavingcrossedthestrait,afterhaving
aseyeshehad
livedeveryoneofhisdaysintenselysinorrow,he
orethanothershepherds,andhehat
suddenlyheheardathunderingsound,andhehroothegroundbyahashehad
neverknooonfroiewas
anenorus
bledatalwasa
horsendressedpletelyinblack,hafalnperchedonhisleftshoulderheurban
andhisentireface,exceptforhiseyes,hablackkerchiefheappearedtobea
ssengerfrohedesert,buthispresenessenger
thestrangehorsendreous,curvedsascabbarduntedonhissaddlethe
steelofitsbladeglitteredinthelightoftheon
”eaningoftheflightofthehaanded,soloudlythathiswords
seedtoetreesofalfayou
”itisiindedoftheigeofsantiagotaros,
untedonhisanlookedexactlythesa,
exceptthatnoheroleswerereversed
”itisiodoso,”herepeated,andhelooreceiveablowf
... </P></TD>