Note: I don't know if there were really zoos in modern Egypt (the 50's),
but I added that part anyway. Please, don't get mad at me!
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Joshua woke from a strange dream, which he couldn't understand. There he was, raising the dead and the whole time thinking about a woman named Anck-su-Namun. There was another person there, talking to another woman in a strange language that he didn't understand. Every few sentences, he heard his name-Imhotep. *That's not my name!* he told himself in his head. *My name is Joshua!* But he somehow knew his name was Imhotep. Deep inside of him, he knew.
"Is it sunrise already?" He said aloud, not realizing his mother was standing in his doorway.
"Yes, it is, Joshua. Get ready for Saturday. We're going to the zoo today."
"Yes!" He yelled in excitement, letting the dream slip away from him for a moment while he was drowning in his happiness. He heard about the dig that was going on in Luxor, and he somehow knew exactly what was there, under the sands, and he was afraid of it. He was afraid of the palace. He had read about Seti and his glory, but he for some reason hated Seti and everything about him. He had a feeling it had to do with the girl he was thinking about in his dream-Anck-su-Namun. He had read that one of Seti's fifteen year old concubines murdered him, along with a legendary man who was condemned to the Homdai.
He got ready for the day, feeling his eyes well up with tears every ten minutes as he saw through his eyes a woman abandoning him while he was stuck in an abyss.
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Joshua woke from a strange dream, which he couldn't understand. There he was, raising the dead and the whole time thinking about a woman named Anck-su-Namun. There was another person there, talking to another woman in a strange language that he didn't understand. Every few sentences, he heard his name-Imhotep. *That's not my name!* he told himself in his head. *My name is Joshua!* But he somehow knew his name was Imhotep. Deep inside of him, he knew.
"Is it sunrise already?" He said aloud, not realizing his mother was standing in his doorway.
"Yes, it is, Joshua. Get ready for Saturday. We're going to the zoo today."
"Yes!" He yelled in excitement, letting the dream slip away from him for a moment while he was drowning in his happiness. He heard about the dig that was going on in Luxor, and he somehow knew exactly what was there, under the sands, and he was afraid of it. He was afraid of the palace. He had read about Seti and his glory, but he for some reason hated Seti and everything about him. He had a feeling it had to do with the girl he was thinking about in his dream-Anck-su-Namun. He had read that one of Seti's fifteen year old concubines murdered him, along with a legendary man who was condemned to the Homdai.
He got ready for the day, feeling his eyes well up with tears every ten minutes as he saw through his eyes a woman abandoning him while he was stuck in an abyss.