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I am alone in the desert, with only Cal, my camel. We have been traveling for a couple of days, and I can tell he is getting tired. He has carried me many miles with little rest, and he is starting to walk slower through the hot sand. The sun is high in the sky, heating everything beneath it. There is no shade as far as the eye can see, and I have very little water left. If we have been going in the right direction, Mehaires should not be far away. I squint at the horizon, where the sand is starting to swirl in the wind, indicating a sandsto...
Help! Help! I yell. Nobody is around to hear me. I try to focus on keeping my head above water, but the waves keep splashing my face. I'm getting tired so I look around for something to hold onto. There's a log a few feet away that might hold my weight. I swim over to the log and wrap my arms around it. I look back at my boat which is mostly underwater. Only the mast and the sail are above water now. I'm glad I didn't take my favorite boat today. My grandpa got the Oak for me when I was nine years old, and it's been my favorite ever since. T...
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