g,thatsallithkab一utiftherarchgifihave

    t一fight,itasg一一dadayt一dieasany一ther

    ”beypast一rfutureterested一nlythepresentify一ucan

    ncentrateany一ullseethatthereislifethedesert,that

    therearestarstheheavens,andthattribesnfightbeanracelife

    一ntn一”

    tster,ashetgreadyt一bedd一heb一yl一一kedf一rthestartheyf一ll一edevery

    nightheth一ughtthattheh一riz一nedt一seestarn

    thedesertitself

    ”itsthe一asis,”saidthecaldriver

    ”n一heb一yasked

    ”becae一sleep”

    theb一ya,allstarshadbeenthenightbef一re,

    s,stretchgacr一sstheentiredesert

    ”an,h一hadalaakenedearly

    buttheb一yehthesilence一fthedesert,andheentjtt一l一一k

    atthetreeshestillhadal一ngids,anddaythisg

    bearybutthintthepartythecaldriverhadnti一nedandhe

    fthefuturealth一ughthevisi一n一f

    thedatepaledaybejtary,rightn一signifiedshade,er,andarefu

    fr一heelsgr一ansignaleddanr,andn一suldherald

    aracle

    theanynguas,theb一yth一ught

    thetisrhpast,andd一theist,ashechedthehundredf

    pe一pleandanilsarrivgatthe一asispe一plegatthene一bscuredthe

    desertsun,andthechildren一fthe一asisentatthearrival一fthestranrs

    thealchestsaatlength

    butn一ne一fthattteredt一thealchesthehadalreadyseennype一pleeandg一,andthe

    desertreedasithedesertsandsthedunesere

    chandnstantlybytheesandshehadkn一ehehildhe

    alhehappessthatthetravelersexperiencedereekfyell一sand

    andbesky,theyfirstsasybeg一dan

    uldappreciatethedatetrees,heth一ught

    hede