《神奇树屋》 第三十四册 Season of the Sandstorm 04 ships of the desert

　　The camel riders all watched silently at sun set over the farawaydunes. As the faraway ball slip beneath the horizon. The desertwasflooded with ...as soon as the sun disappeared the air grewmuch cooler, mammon stood up, it is time to go. He said.



The camel riders put out the small fire. In the growing darkness,mammon helped them saddle on the animals load with baggage.



Then mammon came over to jack 1 and Anne,You can ride those two sisters. He said pointing two camels nearlysand.



Mammon then came to the famer of the landRide with me.



Jack and Anne watched looked over to the camel sisters. Each hadrings chuckling 2 from their necks, saddles made for them colorfulcurtains with piled high on their ...



Anne petted the weary colored fur from the camelsThe camel looked at Anne with big eyes, and flooded to her ..



Me.. cutie.. said Anne.



The other camel nuzzled Anne’s neck,Hi! Beauty!



Anne said to the other.



she want mention too.



Cutie! Beauty! Said jack.



You didn’t find either camel particularly cute or beautiful.



Anne climbed unto the cutie’s saddle cushion pad and picked upthe reins 4.



Let’s right. She said.



Cutie raised acutely from the kneeing position to a full stand.



Oh! Wow! Said Anne covering over jack.



She’s really tall.



Jack started to climb on beauty. But the camel called to the first andbegan chewing it.



Stop that! Said jack. Chewing clock away from him.



Beauty opened her mouth wide and flashed rose sharp teeth.



Jack drew back.



Don’t be afraid! Said Anne.



Easy for you to say, said jack. Yours likes you.



Don’t worry, beauty likes too. Said Anne, I think she’s tall.



Anne’s camel began ambling 5 cross the other camels ahead of thedesert.



Come on! Jack. It’s very fun when she’s moving. She called.



Fun! Mother jack, right!



He heeled down into the saddle and put its led over beauty’s ham.



The camel idle suspiciously she swished her tail and slapping itback,Hi!



Said jack.



Jack tried to get comfortable on saddle cushion but beauty spadedhim made where squashing sound.



Quiet! Said jack.



He held to shoulder back unto the saddle cushion, when he wasfinally find saddle, beauty turned her head and started chewingherleather bag.



No! don’t! yelled jack.



He tried to pulling the camel away, but beauty didn’t take a warmCome on! My goal! Give it back! Stupid!



Stupid! Do you really think she’s stupid?



Jack jaunt 6.



Mammon had reined 7 behind him and was watching when he tried togain him back from beauty.



Jack was embarrassed.



I’ve only gone my staff. He said.



Mammon grabbed the stripe of jack’s bag. He closed his tongueand let camel let go. She groaned 8 at mammon, and leather bag andsaddle horn.



For thousands years camels help us like this way. Carry peopleacross the desert. Said mammon.



She’s truly a miracle of nature.



Some miracle. Thought jackShe can drink two bellow 9 of water in ten minutes. Said mammon.



And go faraway without drinking again. She can livemany dayswithout food.



Really? Said jack.



She is well suited to travelling in the desert. Said mammon. Forsake 10 of our lives, chapter eye who mirror the sun, for our longlashes, the fur keep out the wind blow and sand.



Cool. Said jackTreat her softer as you do it, you’ll feel the ship of desert. Saidmammon. And they are so big that keep them from sinking downinto the lose sand.



mmm. said jack.



She can carry five hundred tons of bags on her back, saidmammon. And travel one hundred miles in a single day.



Let’s a lot. Murmured jack.



Mammon tagged down the camel’s rein 3, and closed his tongue.



Beauty brazed heavily, as she rose up a long trip as her four legslooked four head.



Mammon looked at jack and said: we must respect her and honorher. Hesaid. In many ways carry to us.



Oh. Jack nodded. He thought the words in Merlin’s letter.



To succeed your mission,You must be humble 11.



He petted the camel:



Good girl, beauty!



Mammon closed his tongue again to crotch the camel fur.



In his saddle jackrocked from side to side. He didn’t feel safe, buthe stayed calm. Beauty grumbled 12 cutie, and two sisters stoodtogether and snorted as a small pal 13.



The desert sky was bright with stars. Mammon called to his menand carried vans started moving towardThe camels walked to the swing motion. They made two beat bigfeet on one side, then two beat big feet on the other. Jack grabbedthe horn of the saddle, as ship the desert rocked from left to right,rocked from right to left.



Isn’t is fun? Said Anne. rocking along side them.



So is sorry. Sure it is. Said jack shivering.



Actually he didn’t feel any fun at all. He felt sick when he freezingon her. Also, he was worry about the mission.



With the caliph with them? If he did, how could they help him?



Spread wisdom to the world. And if Baghdad, was very far away,how would they ever find them in the tree house?



Mammon slowed his camel until he returned towards jack andAnne,When I was a boy, I spent many quarters of time sitting in the desertwaiting my father on journey to the west, he said. at first, I toothought camels were foolish, I always long for blinking for smoothride, I wish I could ride to Baghdad, my own warm bed.



Jack smiled. He now didn’t like caravan 14 leader, but over time Icome to love the call of nights. Said mammon. Now when I wassleeping in my own warm bed in Baghdad, I long to be hearing thestat, I wish to be waiting the way went to read the stars.



How do you read the stars? Asked AnneThey have their own language. Said mammon. At thismoment weare having east toward the gold star. He pointed 15 at sky.



Jack couldn’t tell which star was the gold star, but he felt it was awonder. thousands of tiny lights sprinkled on the black dawn ofnight. There were more stars jack ever imaged. Some of thenclosed enough to touch,Mammon started singing a song, the other camel riders joined then,jack couldn’t understand the words but the tone was soaring, thecamel was swinging the musicJack stopped worrying about how they could back to the tree. Anddefounding actually enjoy fresh desert air. He started to relax.



Jack! Anne said softly. Guess what? We just saw the first mysteryof Merlin’s letter.



Ride ship of desertOn cold starry 16 nightYeah! Said jack happily, and it’s really fun.



Suddenly afear shouted from the king distance. Jack sat up fromthe strider, he heard drunk,andits! One of the camel rider shouted.