Sheba's Ancient Gift

The sun was scorching like a hot desert stone. I could feel my skin drying and cracking, like a lizard’s under the heat of the sun. I kept walking through the burning sand, each step forward seemed to take an eternity. There was nothing but sand for miles and then suddenly, as if by magic, a tent appeared over my head, shielding me from the wrath of the sun. “Aaah, finally!” I sighed in relief and sank down on the cold floor of the tent. My clothes felt heavy and I took them off immediately, only wearing my underwear and my hair tie to keep my hair away from my face. After a few moments of relaxation I pulled myself together and started rummaging through his stuff to see if there is anything useful left here. Jeez, this man had so much stuff! I didn’t even know what all these things were used for! Maybe he was some kind of merchant? The thought made me chuckle to myself.

Suddenly something shiny caught my eye. It was something golden and round laying on one of his shelves. I put down everything I was holding and walked over to take a closer look at it. That’s what you call an amulet! That’s something I could use right now! Then suddenly the strangest thing happened, just as soon as I touched it, it started glowing with a faint light. What sorcery is this?! But before I had time to be surprised by this miracle another miracle happened - suddenly everything around me began to move in slow motion! This must be a dream! Or maybe...this is some kind of magic?! Oh gosh oh gosh oh gosh-

“What are you doing here? Are you robbing me? Hahaha! Well aren’t you the brave one!?” Suddenly the old man was standing right next to me! How did he manage that? He was standing so close that we were almost touching each other. But just as quickly as he appeared, he walked away again. It must have been a dream after all! The old man couldn’t have seen me or else he would have done something against me already! So why did he walk away? Is it because he didn’t see me? Or is it because he saw me but doesn’t care? He seemed friendly enough but what do I know about how people act in this time period? Maybe they are all weirdos in this time period?!

I could still feel myself moving sluggishly but nothing seemed extraordinary anymore. Just then someone entered the tent and stood beside him, a woman with long black hair that covered her face down to her chest and dressed similarly to him except she wore a dress instead of pants. They talked about some things for a while before she looked up towards me, screaming at the top of her voice “Thief!! Thief!! Somebody help us!!” As soon as she opened her mouth her eyes rolled backwards into her head and she collapsed on top of him who fell onto his back on top of his table which caused his lotions and potions to spill out everywhere under their weight which made them bounce around like clay balls being thrown around by children at playtime until all of it eventually settled again with most items remaining unbroken and others rolling off somewhere beneath their bodies both alive and dead, their bodies floating through space until they settled down again too far away from each other or against some object or another person who either helped them up or kicked them out of their way wherever they landed until they managed to get back up on their feet again where they stood staring at each other with both confused faces wondering what just happened while everyone else laughed hysterically behind them thinking that they should expect such mishaps when two are married to each other laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh laugh-

The laughing stopped suddenly when everyone realized that those two weren't really married at all but just pretending for fun to trick everyone else because no one ever marries in this time period. In fact many don’t even know what marriage means here in this time period because it hasn't been invented yet by anyone here in this time period because many people in this time period think marriage exists only in heaven-

My head hurt from all these thoughts buzzing around inside my skull like bees sitting on flowers enjoying nectar stolen from unsuspecting victims not knowing that someday they'll be stung by those same bees that stole their nectars until they turn into honey inside those bees' tummies filling them up with happiness until one day when somebody steals their honey causing them to become angry at whoever snatched away their hard-earned food so they fly off somewhere far away looking for revenge until they find that thief stealing other bee's honey until they get stung by another bee that gets angry at them for stealing its nectar so it stings them back causing even more bees to get angry with others causing more bees' honey to be stolen causing more bees getting mad causing more bees stinging more bees causing more bees getting angry-