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where we're going."

"We'd like to go home," Dennys added, "but we dun't
know how."

"Where is home?" Japheth asked.

Sandy sighed. "A long way away, I'm afraid."

Japheth looked at them "You are flushed. And wet."
He himself did not seem to fee! the intense heat.

Dennys said, "We're perspiring. Profusely. I'm atraid
we'll get sunstroke if we don't find shade soon."

Japheth nodded. "Grandfather Lamech's tent is closest.
My wife and I"тАФhe flushed with pleasure as he said my
wifeтАФ"live halfway across the oasis, by my father's tent.
And 1 have to return Higgaion to Grandfather, anyhow.
And he's very hospitable. I'll take you to him, if you like."

"Thank you," Sandy said.

"We'd like to come with you," Dennys added.

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"At this point, we don't have much choice," Sandy mur-
mured.'

Dennys nudged him, then took his turtleneck from the
bundle of clothes and pulled it back on, his head emerg-
ing from the rolled cotton neck, which had mussed up his
light brown hair so that a tuft stuck out like a parakeet's.
"We'd better cover ourselves. I think I'm sunburned al-
ready."

- "Let's go, then," Japheth said. "I'd like to be home
before dark."

"HeyтАФ" Sandy said suddenly. "At least we speak the
same language. Everything's been so wild and weird I
hadn't realized it tillтАФ"

Japheth looked at him in a puzzled manner. "You sound


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