One oil lamp hissed in the corner by the immense canopied bed. It threw a subtle, yellow light towards the dresser with its tall mirror."Where is he?... Benin whispered to her friend."Through the open door behind us... he is sitting with his back to us... he has a large mirror in front of him so he can see behind." Oh!" She thought the whole set up weird, but harmless. "What do we do?" Strip... slowly, as if you're getting ready for bed, but turn so," she indicated, "so he can get a good. Ientered and was overcome with the scent of incense and sage burning. Italmost felt as If I was transported to another world. Thousands ofobjects were lined on the shelf. Gems that held the key to power in allaspects of life, scrolls of ancient knowledge, fertility statues you nameit and it was in this shop. Why had I never seen this place before? Itmust be brand new. As I stood captivated by the magical artifacts, alittle tiny woman appeared behind me. She startled me, as I had no ideashe. First of all, I was younger than most of the guys in my class. I think to this day that my parents didn't do me a favor by letting the school skip my third grade year. They said I would only be bored since I could already write in cursive. They said that was the most important thing taught in third grade. It kind of made me wonder why kids had to sit through nine months of all the other stuff.Just like in elementary school, most of the kids were two years older than me, while a few were only.
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