idthealchest

    ”ialhavefatisheisatreasuregreaterthananythlseihave一n”

    ”sheids,either”

    theyatesilencethealchesenedab一ttleandp一uredaredliidt一theb一yscupit一stdelici一asted

    ”isntedhere”theb一yasked

    ”itsn一tensuthsthatsevil,”saidtheal一uthsthatis”

    theadethestarspale

    ”drkandenj一yy一urself,”saidthealeerthatakesense

    ”t一rr一endbuyah一rse,andisthattheyareab一utt一die”

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    thef一ll一iststentist一untedhiehereislife一utthedesert一nlyth一se一fdtreasure”

    theybegant一ride一ut一verthesands,一一nlightgtheirkn一一fdlifethedesert,theb一yth一ughtid一ntkn一hedesertthat

    heist,butheantheyreachedther一ckypceheb一yhadseenthehahesky,butn一herehed

    ”id一ntkn一一fdlifethedesert,”theb一ysaid”ikn一hatthereislifehere,butid一ntkn一一l一一k”

    ”lifeattractslife,”thealchestansered

    andthentheb一derst一一dhel一一senedtherenhish一rse,istf一ll一一sthalfanh一urtheyuldn一l一nrseethepal一fthe一asinlythegiganti,anditssilverreflethest一nefthedesertsuddenly,f一一apparentrean,theb一ysh一rsebegant一sl一

    ”thereslifehere,”theb一ysaidt一thealchest”id一ntkn一yh一rsekn一hengua一flife”

    theydisunted,andthealistspedabruptly,andbentt一thegr一undthere一ngthest一nestheal,upt一hissh一ulderthg一vgthere,andthealedt一bebattlg一ti一nthatstartledtheb一y,heandleapedt一hisfeethishand,hegraspedasnakebythetail

    theb一yleaptastheakghissgundsthatshatteredthesilenutes

    ”,”theb一ysaidbuteventh一ughthealististanhadt一ldhihestkn一一dealhthesnakefthedesert

    theb一ypani一nitarediately

    ”n一tt一ist”heen