HE SITS UPON HIS ARABIAN STEED...HIS HAIR IS
TOUSSELED BY THE WINDS OF THE DESERT.....HIS
EYES GAZE OFF TO FAR HORIZONS, HIS HEART BEATS
FAST.......FOR SOON HE TRAVELS OUT ACROSS THIS
LANDSCAPE TO A FARAWAY PLACE. AN EXCITEMENT FILLS
HIS BEING FOR IN HIS HEART HE KNOWS THIS TRIP WILL
BE LIKE NO OTHER. FOR SOMETHING AWAITS HIM, IT CALLS
TO HIM BUT HE KNOWS NOT THE REASON FOR THE CALL,
ONLY THAT IT IS THERE.

HIS FATHER ENTRUSTS TO HIM THIS JOURNEY FOR HE CAN
NO LONGER TRAVEL THE CARAVAN TRAILS AS ONCE HE DID,
WHEN HE ALSO WAS YOUNG AND STRONG AND HANDSOME. INTO
THE HANDS OF HIS SON HE PUTS ALL HIS TRUST...FOR THIS
SON IS WORTHY OF THIS FAITH OF THE FATHER. HE HAS
PROVEN HIMSELF SO MANY TIMES IN THE PAST. THE
CARAVAN MOUNTS... AND THE DESERT PRINCE LEADS THE WAY.

THEY TRAVEL IN SINGLE FILE...TRAVERSING THE VAST
DESERT. HIS EYE IS SURE AS HE GUIDES THEM WITH
THE SUN BY DAY AND THE STARS BY NIGHT. FINALLY THEY
ENTER INTO THE CITY AND THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF
THE PEOPLE GREET THEM. IT IS GOOD TO FINALLY ARRIVE
AT THE DESTINATION AND TO EAT AND BATHE AND REST ARE
THE ONLY THOUGHTS, FOR TONIGHT!

MORNING BREAKS AND THE PRINCE WITH HIS BODYGUARDS
TRAVEL TO THE CENTER OF CITY.....WHERE ALL MANNER OF
THINGS CAN BE BOUGHT AND SOLD. THE PRINCE HAS BUSINESS
HERE.....HE HAS BEEN THIS WAY BEFORE....THE STREETS, NOT
UNFAMILAR. AHEAD A GROUP HAS GATHERED AND MUSIC FILLS
THE AIR. HE MOVES FORWARD EAGER TO GLIMPSE THE
ATTRACTION OF THE CROWD.

SUDDENLY BEFORE HIM A GIRL WHIRLS AND TWIRLS ON
MAGIC FEET, HER BODY MOVING IN RHYTHM TO THE MUSIC,
HER LONG HAIR FLOWS AROUND HER, THE SMILE IS BRIGHT
WITH HAPPINESS. HE WATCHES IN FASCINATION THE GIRL WITH
GRACEFUL ARMS AND MOVING HIPS.THEN...SHE LOOKS DIRECTLY
INTO HIS EYES AND IN THAT MOMENT HE KNOWS THE REASON FOR
THE STRANGE LONGING HE HAS ALWAYS FELT, A "SOMETHING"
MISSING. SHE SMILES AT HIM AND DANCES AWAY,THE MUSIC
FILLS THE AIR AS A LOVE SO DEEP NO WORDS CAN EXPRESS,
FILLS HIS HEART.

NOW HE COMMANDS THE GUARDS TO INQUIRE OF THE GIRL FOR
HE MUST KNOW WHO THIS DANCING GIRL IS OR DIE. WORD IS
SWIFTLY BROUGHT BACK.....A SLAVE GIRL, TRAINED IN THE ART
OF DANCE, SONG AND A WRITER OF POETRY. THE PRICE IS HIGH,
VERY HIGH, A WHOLE BAG OF GOLD MUST HE PAY FOR HER BUT
THE PRINCE KNOWS THAT IF IT COST ALL THE GOLD HE POSSESSED,
HE MUST HAVE THIS GIRL OF THE MAGIC FEET AND GLEAMING EYES.

WHEN THE CARAVAN LEAVES THE CITY TOWARD THE HOME OF
THE DESERT PRINCE....IN FRONT OF HIM SITS THE GIRL, HER HAIR
BLOWS BACK AGAINST HIS FACE, ITS PERFUME EXCITING HIM
FOR IT SMELLS OF JASMINE AND HONEY. HIS THOUGHTS RACE
FOR WHAT SHALL HIS FATHER SAY OF THIS POSSESION HE CARRIES
WITH HIM? WILL HE BE ANGRY? HE SHALL PLEAD TO KEEP THIS
GIRL FOR HIS VERY OWN.....AND TO PROVE TO HIS FATHER THIS
PURCHASE WAS NOT IN VAIN!

ARRIVAL AT THE DESERT HOME OF THE PRINCE IS EXCITING AND
ALL HURRY OUT TO MEET THE PRINCE AND TO STARE AT THE GIRL
WHO RIDES WITH HIM. HE LEAPS FROM HIS HORSE AND LIFTS THE
GIRL IN HIS STRONG ARMS FOR SHE IS LIGHT OF WEIGHT. 
HE CARRIES HER WITHIN THE TENT. HE CALLS FOR WATER TO BATHE TO
REFRESH THEM BOTH. BIG TRUNKS WITH EXQUISTE FABRIC ARE
BROUGHT FORTH FOR HER TO WEAR. SHE SMILES AT HIM AS HE
EXPLAINS IF SHE PLEASES HIS FATHER....SHE SHALL REMAIN
WITH HIM.

"MY PRINCE SINCE FIRST OUR EYES MET I HAVE KNOWN IT WAS
YOU I HAVE LONGED FOR ALL MY LIFE. FEAR NOT FOR OUR LIVES
ARE NOW FOREVER TOGETHER." A CALM FILLS THE HEART OF THE
PRINCE, FOR HER WORDS CARRY POWER AND CONVICTION SO STRONG,
ALL DOUBT IS GONE. HE LEADS HER TO HIS FATHER BUT THE FACE
OF THE FATHER IS VEILED AND NO EMOTIONS IS BETRAYED OF WHAT
HE THINKS. MUSICANS COME FORTH...AND MUSIC FILLS THE CHAMBER
AS SLOWLY THE GIRL STARTS THE DANCE.. THE DANCE THAT IS
TO DETERMINE THE FUTURE FOR THE BOTH OF THEM. ALL EYES ARE
ON THE GIRL WITH MAGIC FEET AND FLOWING HAIR AS SHE GLIDES
WITH SURE FEET ACROSS THE FLOOR.

THE SILKEY FABRIC OF HER CLOTHES SWIRL ABOUT HER BODY. HER
ARMS MOVE IN GRACEFUL GESTURES BOTH INNOCENT AND ENTICING.
THE ART SHE WAS TRAINED FOR NOW OVERCOMES HER AS SHE DANCES
A STORY OF TRUE LOVE. THE PRINCE IS MORE ENRAPTURED THAN
WHEN HE FIRST SAW HER DANCE. HE GLANCES OVER AT HIS FATHER,
THE STERN FACE IS NOW ENCASED IN A SMILE AND HIS EYES, SO
LONG DIM, NOW SHINE WITH DELIGHT. THE GIRL HAS WOVEN HER
SPELL AND SMILES INTO THE EYES OF THE FATHER WITH KINDNESS
AND LOVE. THE MUSIC ENDS, THE FATHER CALLS THEM FORWARD TO
HIM AND TELLS THE PRINCE.."YOU HAVE DONE WELL MY SON FOR
THIS GIRL WILL BRING YOU HAPPINESS FOREVER FOR HER HEART
IS TRUE. TAKE HER MY SON AND BE KIND AND LOVING TO HER,
AS SHE WILL BE TO YOU."

AND SO THE PRINCE WHO HEARD THE CALL OF HIS HEART AND
THE GIRL WHO MADE THE CALL.....ARE FINALLY TOGETHER..AND
AS EVENING COMES TO THE DESERT, THEIR LIPS MEET IN THEIR
FIRST KISS AND THE PRINCE FEELS THE POWER OF LOVE SWEEP
OVER HIM AS THEIR BODIES BECOME ONE. HIS HEART VOWS TO
HER "MY LOVE, FOREVER SHALL I LOVE YOU FOR YOU ARE
MY HEART'S DEEPEST DESIRE AND THE LONLINESS I HAVE
ALWAYS KNOWN IS NOW GONE. I SHALL TAKE YOU EVERYWHERE
I GO FOR I CAN NOT BEAR TO BE APART FROM YOU. IF I CAN
NOT TAKE YOU, I SHALL CARRY YOU IN MY HEART."

THE GIRL SMILES UP AT HER DESERT PRINCE AND TOUCHES HIS
POWERFUL CHEST,"OH SWEET PRINCE, KNOW THIS ONE THING, FOREVER
DID I SEEK YOU IN MY THOUGHTS AND IN MY DREAMS AND NO POWER
ON EARTH SHALL MAKE ME LEAVE YOUR SIDE, FOR IT IS OUR DESTINY!
BUT IF YOU MUST BE AWAY FROM ME.. I GIVE YOU THIS GIFT." HER
HAND OPENS AND INSIDE IS A JEWEL AS CLEAR AS CRYSTAL BUT
BEARING SHINING STREAKS OF CAPTURED SUNLIGHT WITHIN. "WEAR
THIS ALWAYS MY LOVE AS A REMEMBERANCE OF ME AND THE LOVE WE
SHARE TONIGHT AND ALWAYS"

THE STARS TWINKLE ABOVE, THE QUIET OF THE DESERT ENVELOPES
THE LOVERS AS IN EACH OTHERS ARMS THEY SLEEP WITH CHILDLIKE
SMILES UPON THEIR LIPS. FOR THAT IS THE WAY IT IS......FOR THOSE
WHO LOVE TRULY AND ARE HELD WITHIN THE HEART OF GOD!

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