To the End of the Land
“They are the only two people in the world, there is no one else, and the earth steams with a primeval scent, and the air hums with the rustle of tiny creatures, and the mantle of dawn still hangs overhead, lucent and dewy, and their eyes light up with little smiles of not-yet-fear and not-yet-themselves.Then Avram’s eyes clear. He sees Ora sitting facing him with her back against a huge backpack, beyond which are a field, a grove, and a mountain. With surprising swiftness he jumps up: “What is ...this place?”Ora shrugs. “Somewhere in the Galilee. Don’t ask me.”“The Galilee?” His face rounds into infinite astonishment. “Where am I?” he whispers.“Wherever he dumped us last night.”Avram runs a hand over his face. He rubs, scrubs, crushes, and rocks his head back and forth. “Who dumped us, the cabby? The Arab?”“Yes, the Arab.” She reaches out a hand for him to help her up, but he seems not to comprehend the gesture.“You were yelling,” he remembers. “I was asleep.MoreLess
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