of trees and sky. I also seen ’em reflected in this big pond o’water! Surroundin’ a stone island in the middle o’the room! I heard these Arab-lookin’ visitor guys talkin’, sayin’ the water represented the River Nile. The stone island’s almost as big as the whole damn room, but sitting up ’bout three feet out of the water. The water’uz dead still. In the middle of the island I seen what Will told me about: the Temple of Dendur. In front is this big stone gateway. Before I crossed the stone bridge over to it, I read a sign that said only part o’Dendur had survived ages of weather and
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