Author: Marion F. Smithes

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-02-11

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13: 9780656352364

Excerpt from Children of the Desert Will you come with me to the Gate of the Desert, that Great Sahara, the largest desert in the world. To get there you must cross the sea, land at Algiers, the white town of the pirates, and travel two days through the mountains of North Africa, - part Of the great Atlas range that holds up the Sky. Sometimes these are covered with snow, and if you are there in January, you may see a wonderful red Sunset over the white mountains. From huddled farms and villages come gleams of bonfires, for even in Africa, the children make snow-men and play round them, and as the train labours on you will see your first camel in its native land. It comes out of the glow of the sun set, padding softly along through the snow and casting a long shadow before it, its head waving patiently from side to Side, a large pack fastened on to its hump, and the Arab driver walking behind. That night you sleep at a little mountain inn by the railway station, and Margot, the strong French peasant girl, will bring you a steaming supper of wild boar and rice. Presently, perhaps, a burly French farmer comes in and joins the guests at the long table; he does not forget to take off his great white goatskin coat, wash his hands and bow politely before he sits down as near to the stove as possible. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.