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The old man with great calmness (to address) the judge: “My
life in the desert (to teach) me to notice things. So when I (to
cross) the footprints of a camel I (to know) at once that he (to
run) away from his owner, for I (to see) no other footprints in the
sand. I (to know) that the animal (to be) blind in one eye be
cause he (to bite) the grass only on one side of his path. I can
tell from the footprints that he (to be) lame.
There were a great
number of flies and some grains of wheat near the place where
he (to lie) down, so it (to be) clear to me that his load (to consist)
of corn and honey.”
The judge (to let) the old man go and (to say) to the mer
chants: “This (to be) the man who (to help) you to find your
camel.”
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