I have crossed the desert in search of a treasure that is somewhere near the Pyramids, and for me, the war seemed a curse.
But now it’s a blessing, because it brought me to you.“The war is going to end someday,” the girl said.
The boy looked around him at the date palms. He reminded himself that he had been a shepherd, and that he could be a shepherd again.
Fatima was more important than his treasure. “The tribesmen are always in search of treasure,” the girl said,
as if she had guessed what he was thinking. “And the women of the desert are proud of their tribesmen.”
She refilled her vessel and left. The boy went to the well every day to meet with Fatima.
He told her about his life as a shepherd, about the king, and about the crystal shop.
They became friends, and except for the fifteen minutes he spent with her, each day seemed that it would never pass.
When he had been at the oasis for almost a month, the leader of the caravan called a meeting of all of the people traveling with him.
“We don’t know when the war will end, so we can’t continue our journey,” he said.
“The battles may last for a long time, perhaps even years. There are powerful forces on both sides,
and the war is important to both armies. It’s not a battle of good against evil.
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