![]() ![]() Her people had not created the path-it had always been there, like the river-but their deerskin-shod feet and the wooden wheels of their handcarts kept the path well worn. Lara had been back and forth along the river path many times in her short life. They were drawing near to the place where there was an island in the river. Soon Lara spotted other landmarks-an outcropping of limestone beside the path that had a silhouette like a man's face, a marshy spot beside the river where the waterfowl were easily startled, a tall tree that looked like a man with his arms upraised. ![]() The fig tree was in full leaf, but not yet bearing fruit. ![]() The weather was hot and the days were long. As they rounded a bend in the path that ran beside the river, Lara recognized the silhouette of a fig tree atop a nearby hill. ![]()
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