| Show dc id S E FC Fa faira aa iru tale ale al e jot MAR ILA efti i i THE QUIET SPHINX the river nile was talking to david the nile could do this out of school hours nearby was the sphinx 1 I lae hae B n date S p h I 1 n x asked nile you seel ile he wont speak it makes me anxious for or excitement sometimes 0 oh h D a v I 1 d some say im a p poor 0 or housekeeper to let the mud settle settie about in the spring or summer just as untidy housekeepers let ie t lust dust settle about and I 1 do this about aboul once a year hut but ril ill tell you talk to the sphinx x ali why y I 1 do it I 1 roust must have some ome excitement you yon think it of 0 father nile but if you lived near a desert where camels and low voiced arabs trae traveled led and near the sphinx I 1 believe do just such things every once in awhile maybe but 1 like camels so would I 1 if I 1 could ride them nile sald said they are remarkable in many ways but they neer bring me any news it if only come running back to me from a trip and tell me of the excitement if there were any quarrels or what happened hut but un no they come back and I 1 ask them to sit by me and they accept and then when I 1 say well camels the news they just chew chew chew chew they sang a song about their chewing david told nile 1 I dont entirely blame the camels but there Is the sphinx too sometimes people go up and talk to the sphinx people from other lands and ask him riddles and I 1 say to sphinx afterwards by the way old chap that was it a most interesting looking gentleman with wibb the sweeping mustache who called on you today from where does he come old clap chap I 1 put it as friendly as I 1 can but sphinx never tells me ive never heard that sphinx tell a funny story or an interesting yarn and it so much matter ex except capt he looks forever as though he could 11 1 I get the same way myself quiet and quieter as the days go by now and again I 1 get desperate and then I 1 let go of myself forget myself as the saying Is and overflow by the way your glass Is empty and you must have some more fruit dald thankfully accepted the invitation sly my recklessness really helps egypt nile went on for the ION low land or delta that rye ive made Is rich and fine cne and egypt often speaks of it as my great gift ift but social life Is a bit too quiet at times in camel sphinx and pyra pyramid mid circles you know ill tell you about my home my father and mother and the cranky cook we have and lots of 0 things if 1 like david suggested nile looked very happy and david was much pleased to be able to give information too and nile said he would meet him later on and tell him more so until it was time tor for david to go on be talked 0 and compared notes with N nile I 1 I 1 e about the world he be knew and the world nile knew and their different kinds of homes nile told him that he traveled four thousand miles and how they had built ditches and dams with which to store up some of his water so that water could be carr carried I 1 ed over the farms continued his making E egypt lyet one wandering of the richest farming countries of the entire world and david told nile about his travels and adventures all of which nile thought thou glit were very interesting so lie bid goodby good by hoping he said be would see nile again soon and meaning it too and then he went oft off once more to wander by himself while nile continued his wandering along his hl river bed |
