The only tribesman spared was the commander of the battalion.
That afternoon, he was brought before the tribal chieftains, who asked him why he had violated the Tradition.
The commander said that his men had been starving and thirsty, exhausted from many days of battle,
and had decided to take the oasis so as to be able to return to the war.
The tribal chieftain said that he felt sorry for the tribesmen, but that the Tradition was sacred.
He condemned the commander to death without honor. Rather than being killed by a blade or a bullet,
he was hanged from a dead palm tree, where his body twisted in the desert wind.
The tribal chieftain called for the boy, and presented him with fifty pieces of gold.
He repeated his story about Joseph of Egypt, and asked the boy to become the counselor of the oasis.
WHEN THE SUN HAD SET, AND THE FIRST STARS MADE their appearance, the boy started to walk to the south.
He eventually sighted a single tent, and a group of Arabs passing by told the boy that it was a place inhabited by genies.
But the boy sat down and waited. Not until the moon was high did the alchemist ride into view.
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