"Echo, wake up!"Simone shouted. I opened my eyes and got up. Both of us ate some and headed off. I slung the deer thing over my shoulder.
We walked and walk until I saw carvings in the hard, dry ground.
"Simone! This looks like a big sun dial."
"It is a big sun dial! Look!" I looked and saw that it was near noon. It had no shadow. I looked on the 12 at the top and saw a carving pointing south. In Greek it said 'water'.
"Simone! Water! Look! Hurry!"I said out of breath. I started running south. Simone was right behind me. I saw trees in the distance. I ran faster. I reached the watering hole and jumped in it. I swam around.
Simone walked in, but didn't freak out and jump like I did.
" We are certainly making camp right here. Don't get the deer wet." He said as I took off the deer, quiver , and bow and put it in the sand.
After a while me and Simone started digging a hole to sleep in.
"My hair is getting in my way and sticking to my neck." I complained to Simone. My long hair reached below my waist and fell down and lost my rope to tie it up.
"Come here then, Echo." Simone said." Turn around."I turned around knowing he was wanting to cut it all off. The villagers all loved my hair and every female grew it out to be long. This was going to hurt them.
" Do you want me to do it?" Simone asked.
"Yes."
He got his knife out and grabbed a piece of my hair. Simone's hair didn't bother him. It was short. He chopped a piece off. The whole process was quick. Simone just grabbed a piece of my hair and slashed his knife through it, all in one motion.
He finished and sighed.
"The villagers are all going to kill me!" He said as I turned around. My hair was choppy and uneven.
"You look more like yourself with this hair , but you look like a boy." He stated.
"I feel better in it. My neck is not hot anymore. I don't have to worry about it any more! Thank you , Simone!"
We stayed at the watering hole for couple of days. In three days we headed of again. We were almost out of the desert. We could feel that we were getting close. We could feel that the air felt fresher. This was a motivator for us.