Tangier was no longer a strange city, and he felt that, just as he had conquered this place, he could conquer the world.
When you want something, all the universe conspires to help you achieve it,the old king had said.
But the old king hadn’t said anything about being robbed, or about endless deserts,
or about people who know what their dreams are but don’t want to realize them.
The old king hadn’t told him that the Pyramids were just a pile of stones, or that anyone could build one in his backyard.
And he had forgotten to mention that, when you have enough money to buy a flock larger than the one you had before, you should buy it.
The boy picked up his pouch and put it with his other things.
He went down the stairs and found the merchant waiting on a foreign couple, while two other customers walked about the shop,
drinking tea from crystal glasses. It was more activity than usual for this time of the morning.
From where he stood, he saw for the first time that the old merchant’s hair was very much like the hair of the old king.
He remembered the smile of the candy seller, on his first day in Tangier, when he had nothing to eat and nowhere to go—
that smile had also been like the old king’s smile. It’s almost as if he had been here and left his mark, he thought.
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