headeaentofthebirds,tryingtoreadsothingintoitybethesedesertbirdsuldexplaintohiheaningoflovehoutownership
hefeltsleepyinhisheart,heainaleaingthelanguageoftheeeventheflightofthehaselfand,inthatod,heakeevenresense,hethought
suddenly,oneofthehaadeaflashingdivethroughthesky,attaagey,diately,butithadshakenhihehadheardpeoplespeakofrages,andhadalreadyseensohielf:theyaterializedoverthesandsofthedesertbuthecertainlydidntdesirethatanarinvadetheoasis
heeditationhetriedagaintoncentrateonthepinkshadesofthedesert,anditsstonesbutthereethingthereinhisheartthattodoso
”alens,”theoldkinghadsaidtheboyrecalledhehadseeninthevision,andsensedthatituallygoingtooccur
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herose,anddehistreeson:thisti,thedesertedangerous
thecaldrivertree,observingthesunsethesatheothersideofthedunes
”anarising,”theboysaid”ihadavision”
”thedesertfillsnsheartseldriveranswered
buttheboytoldhiboutthehaselftohaveplungedtothesouloftheworld
theentactually,itselves,revealedanythingatall;it,uldfindaansofperationtothesouloftheworld
thedesertenenandtheelderlytribesn,beenlivedonlyforthepresent,becausethepresentanythings:eldriverhadbeenrightaboutehadbeenosttobefearedhadaskedeldrivererestedinthefuture
”hings,”hehadresponded”andsoicanchangethosethingsthatidonttohappen”
”butthentheybeapartofyourfuture,”theseerhadsaid
”aybeijustyselfforing”
”ifgoodthingsareing,theysurprise,”saidtheseer”ifbadthingsare,andyouknolybeforetheyevenoccur”
”ian,”theenalheirlivesbasedonthefuture”
theseerontheground,anddeinterpretationsbasedonhoakeacasthebackinhisbag
”ikelivingforecastingthefutureforpeople,”hesaid”iknotoperatetotheplaceensthatarehereinthepresent
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”e,itsnotthatieadingthefuture;iauessingatthefuturethefuturebelongstogod,anditisonlyhestanproveuponitand,ifyouiroveonthepresent,eslaterterforgetaboutthefuture,andliveeachdayacrdingtotheteachings,nfidentthatgodloveshischildreneachday,initself,bring**aeity”
thecaldriverhadaskedstancestoseethefuture
”onlyself,revealsitandgodonlyrarelyrevealsthefutureisforonlyonereason:itsafuturethattensoastobealtered”
godhadshoeldriverthought
”goandspeaktothetribaliesthatareapproaching”
”theylllaughat”
”theyarenofthedesert,andthenofthedesertareusedtodealingens”
”hen,theyprobablyalreadyknow”
”theyrenotnanytisbeforebut,thisti,thepersonisyou”
theboythoughtoffatiandhedecidedheoseethechiefsofthetribes
theboyapproachedtheguardatthefrontofthehugeetentatthecenteroftheoasis
”iensfrohedesert”
etierged,itananaskedhiotherehedisappearedintothetent
nightfell,andanassortntoffighting
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