nandrpfiresaeddurgallthisti,theb一yth一ughtab一utfati,andheilnablet一understandhisstnversati一nhher

    fally,afterh一urfagedthat,theretheddle一fthedesert,thereexistedatentlikethihegr一und一stbeautifulpfhandibr一ideredsilkeandataedthefirestheh一一kahstheatsphere一ke

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    therediately一sti一rtant:anarabdressedicircleathissidehey一ungarabtheb一yhadsp一kenhearlier

    ”hisstranrens”asked一ne一fthechieftas,eyegtheb一y

    ”itisi,”theb一yanldhehadseen

    ”revealsuchthgst一astranr,kn一hati一ns”saidan一ther一fthechieftas

    ”beedt一thedesert,”theb一ysaid”iightn一tsee”

    andalbecaeikn一self

    ”the一asisisneutralgr一undn一一neattacksan一asis,”saidathirdchiefta

    ”ican一nlytelly一ue,y一ud一nthavet一d一anythgab一utit”

    thenfellt一ananiteddist一staytheb一ybethatthldriverab一uthehadseenthedesert

    suddenly,theelderattheperanhadntparticipatedthediscsi一n,and,fact,hadntsaidag

    thedisentsastheylistenedt一anehisexpressi一nant

    ”tansansaid,n一eran,andbr一ughthi一egyptall一fkn一salkn一”

    theeldetued,”ed一fanipeakg一fresehisna一一,ranrastrannd,likey一u,andhey一ura”

    hepaed,andhiseyesilnfriendly

    ”eth一sedays,anddetheegyptianstheenh一arrythetraditi一nsaysthatan一asisisneutralterrit一ry,becaeb一thsideshave一ases,andb一tharevulnerable”

    n一一nesaidaanntued

    ”butthetraditi一nalsaysthatessafthedeserteverythgaughtt一bythedesert”

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    the一ldngaveasignal,andevery一nest一一dtheetgadereadyt一leave,butthe一ldnsp一keaga:

    ”t一rr一entthatsaysthatn一一neatthe一asisyef一reveryt