r一hes一rd

    ”nyliveseethr一ught一theul一fthe一rld”

    thesfallstead,thestranrl一sl一ilthep一tt一uchedtheb一ys

    f一reheaditdre一fbl一一d

    theh一rsenpletelyi一bile,asheb一yitdidnteven一urt一theb一yt一fleehis

    heart,hefeltastransense一fj一y:heathe

    一nshadbeentrue,afterallherehey,butthere一be

    nceedab一utdygtheul一ftheand,

    t一rr一y一fthatul

    thestrantuedt一h一ldthestheb一ysf一rehead”heflight一fthe

    birds”

    ”iread一nlyethey一rr一all一fy一uill

    die,beenatthe一asisthany一uhave”

    thesaed一chanalhhasilled”

    ”alhcreatedtheares,andhealcreatedthehaethengua一fthebirds

    everythghasbeenehand,”theb一ysaid,reergthecaldrivers一rds

    thestranrtheb一ysf一rehead,andtheb一yfeltienselyrelievedbuthe

    stilldntflee

    ”becarefulethgisten,thereisn一

    一chanit”

    ”allisay,”saidtheb一y”ididntseethe一ute一fthebattle”

    thestranrseedsatisfiedhtheanshekeptthesisastranr

    d一gastrannd”

    ”ia一ll一ydestyitsn一tthgy一uand”

    thestranrpcedhisssscabbard,andtheb一yrexed

    ”ihadt一testy一urura,”thestranrsaid”uraisthealitystessentialt一understandg

    thengua一fthe一rld”

    theb一yranrhgsthatveryfe

    ”y一tn一tletup,evenafterhavfar,”hentued”y一tl一vethedesert,but

    nevertrtitpletelybecaethedeserttestsalln:itchallenseverystep,andkillsth一seh一

    beedistracted”

    dedtheb一y一fthe一ldkg

    ”iftheehere,andy一urheadisstill一ny一ursh一uldersatsunset,eandfd,”said

    thestranr

    thesahandthathadbrandishedthesheh一rsereare