kingforing
”hetoldthenthatoneofhisservantsadereadytogotohishousebutthecenturionanoffaith,and,lookingintotheeyesoftherabbi,heknehathehepresenceofthesonofgod
”andthisisanthesearethenoteunderroofbutonlyspeakayservantwillbehealed””
thealchestsaid,”notterallyhedoesntkno”
theboysledhehadneveriginedthatquestionsaboutlifeportancetoashepherd
”goodbye,”thealchestsaid
”goodbye,”saidtheboy
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theboyrodealongthroughthedesertforseveralhours,listeningavidlytoreasurewashidden
”
buthishearthehadontanynen,nfrontingthepeopleoftheirtishtheirprenceivednotionsitspokeofjoueys,disveries,books,andchange
ashebyetanotherdune,hisheart,andthatsreasureis”
theboyonthsintheoasistheonlightoonfellonthedesertssilenansjoueyinsearchoftreasure
inatedbythelightoftheonandthebrightnessofthedesert,stoodthesoleandjesticpyradsofegypt
theboyfelltohiskneesandakinghielieveinhisdestiny,andforleadinghioetaking,aretaanofthedesertthatloveanfroisdestiny
ifhea,andlivehislifeasasileshepherdafterall,thealselfthat,ontheighthavedreadof
buthereheindedhielfthatnoproje,andsaeinthedesert,hehadleaedthat,inegypt,thescarabbeetlesareasyolofgod
anotherontheboybegantodigintotheduneashedidso,hethoughtoferidinhisbackyardtheboyuldseenohatheuldntdosoifheplacedstoneuponstonefortherestofhislife
throughoutthenight,theboydugattheplaidshadbeenbuiltbuthedidntstophestruggledtontinuediggingashefoughtthetodigearsfell
asheptingtopullouttherotheirbacksoonlight,andtheboyuldseeneithertheireyesnortheirfaces
”anded
becauseheighthappen
”thetribaloney,”theotherfiguresaid”areyouhidingthere”
”iothidinganything,”theboyanswered
butoneoftheeizedtheboyandyankedhiackoutoftheholeanother,heboysbags,foundthepieceofgold
”theresgoldhere,”hesaid
theonshoneonthefaanseyestheboysah
”hesprobablygotregoldhiddenintheground”
theydetheboyntinuedigging,buthefoundnothingasthesunrose,thenbegantobeattheboyhehingotoshreds,andhefeltthatdeathwasnear
”oneytoyouifyouregoingtodieitsnotoftenthatneyisthadsaidfinally,theboysouthedofatreasurehiddennearthepyradsofegypt
thenhedoesnthaveanythingelsehesthavestolenthisgold”
theboyfelltothesand,nearlyunnsandsaid,”wereleaving”
butbeforetheyleft,heanshouldntbesostupidt,tooidreadthatishouldtraveltothefieldsofspainandlookforaruined”
andtheydisappeared
theboystoodupshakily,andlookedonidstheyseedtolaughathiandhelaughedback,hisheartburstinghjoy
becausenoreasurewas
epilogue
theboyreaberedthetihehadbeenthere
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