In the middle was placed the chest containing a heavily lacquered limb from the Cypress tree, the symbol of Lebanon. Mo's parents had brought it with ...hem from Beirut and it provided a spiritual link to their homeland.It was decorated with green artificial leaves and wide ribbons upon which were inscriptions from the Q'uran in Arabic.Laying beside that, was an open scroll on which was written, Underneath the crescent and star,'May Allah protect the land and the people of Lebanon and keep her. It had a quality like cool running water, sweetly feeling the ear of her mind. Child. Oh, sweet child of the garden. Come, follow me. Let us explore this magnificent night. Come with me… Then he turned and darted off into the night. She was surprised when she actually laughed to herself. What folly was this? Surely this was the queerest night she had yet seen in the garden. As she watched the beast move away she heard it’s words echoing in her head. Come with me…follow me. All at once she. They killed every man, woman and child they found. My only kin are those that were hunting wi’ me the day it happened. There are twenty of us left and now three more are wi’oot parents, after yesterday’s raid. Lismore still has smoke rising from the pyres we raised, tae send them off tae the Great Father above.’ he told her, the emotion straining in his voice. Arabella heard it as well and knew it was a trying thing to deal with, let alone relive over and over again. ‘Ye said yer wife and child. Vera sah michan und meinte ich soll es nicht so eng sehen, sie w?rde mir auch gernealles erkl?ren. Doch ich gab ihr zu verstehen dass ich als Junge absolutnicht an den Frauenthemen interessiert war."Das k?nnen wir ?ndern", lachte Vera daraufhin.Tanja sah Vera verwundert an und fragte, wie sie dies denn machenwollte."Als M?dchen w?rde er es aus einer anderen Perspektive sehen. Zudemfinde ich es sch?ner, wenn wir hier mit drei Frauen w?ren", kl?rte Verasie auf."Was bitte willst du?", giftete ich.