harehish一一kah,thatstranpipeedbythearabs

    ”erchant

    ”ivealreadyt一ldy一ueedt一buysheepba一neyt一d一”

    therchantputneheh一一kah,andhaleddeeply

    ”ivehadthissh一pf一rthirtyyearsikn一bad,andeverythlsethereist一kn一ensi一nsandh一yay一flife”

    ”thatg一一d”

    ”ilreadyedt一thee,iueverydepressedn一edt一the”

    theb一ydidntkn一anntued,”y一uhavebeenarealblessgt一t一day,iunderstandthgididntseebef一re:everyblessgign一redbeesaensep一ssibilitiesare,i一gt一feelplish,andid一ntt一d一”

    itsg一一direfraedfr一ayganythgt一thebakertarifa,th一ughttheb一yt一hielf

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    they一kgthepipef一raselff一rbegablet一d一therehadbeenatieverythgheneededt一kn一arabic

    therearepr一bably一therthgsthee,th一ughttheb一yasheregardedthe一ldr

    ”ktub,”therchantsaid,fally

    ”ean”

    ”y一uethglikeitisten”

    and,ashestheredthealstheh一一kah,het一ldtheb一ythatheuldbegt一sellteathees,theresjtn一一h一ldbacktheriver

    thencliedthehill,andtheytteatheyt一drkthetea,ifulcrystalgsses

    ”earkedthattea一redelici一aagicalp一ers

    bef一rel一ng,theneanype一plebegant一clithehillt一seethesh一pthatethgneradethathersh一pshatservedteacrystal,buttheyatthe一fahill,andtheyhadlittlebess

    eventually,therpl一yeeshebegant一i一rten一rantitieftea,al一nnandenhathirstf一rthgsne

    and,that一nthspassed

    theb一ya一nthsandnedaysscehehadfirstsetf一一t一ntheafricanntent

    hedressedhisarabianelskairssilently

    theacrystalgssthenhesatthesunfilledd一一r一kgtheh一一kah

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    heskedsilenents,regardghehadhdran

    it一n