C103

In this vast desert, water and dried food are the main things. What's the use of giving me a little eagle made of gold? How can I eat if I'm hungry? I can't drink when I'm thirsty? Aiya, how vexing …

He was in his fifties, thin, swarthy, with a pair of shining eyes, a high nose bridge, European eyes, and an old face that smiled like a blooming chrysanthemum