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Faith and Fear

SHE AWOKE WITH A SENCE OF PRIDE NOT KNOWING THAT HER FAITH WOULD BE TESTED AND HER FEAR… AS THE SUN WAS BLAZING DOWN ON HER WEAK AND DEHYDRATED BODY HER THOUGHTS OF SURVIVAL TURNED INTO STONE HER FEET COULD NOT TAKE THE RAGE OF THE SCORCHING DESERT SAND AND HER BATTLE FOR LIFE BECAME FLAGGING HER TORTURED BODY COLLAPSED IN THE MIDDLE OF ENDLESS SAND DUNES AND SHE… SHE WAS LEFT TO DIE AND FOR THE SAVAGED VALTURES TO FEAST ON HUMAN FLEASH SHE LAY THERE WITH NO STRENGTH… SHE WANTED TO GIVE UP SHE WANTED DEATH TO COME AND TAKE HER AWAY BUT JUST BEFORE SHE COULD NO MORE… SHE FELT SOMETHING INSIDE OF HER… IT FELT LIKE FREASH AND ICE COLD WATER THAT SHE EAGERLY DESIRED FOR SO MANY DAYS ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE WAS FILLED WITH NEW STRENGTH AND HER WILL POWER WAS FILLED TO THE MAX SHE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHY SHE FELT SO POWERFUL AND ALIVE AND WHY HER COURAGE CAME BACK TO PICK HER UP WITH A NEW LIFE SHE STOOD UP AND CONTINUED TO WALK UNTILL SHE CAME TO A VILLAGE… TO HER AMAZEMENT SHE CAME TO REALIZE… IT WAS HER VILLAGE, HER HOME WHICH SHE HAD TO FLED FROM IN ORDER FOR HER TO STAY ALIVE SHE THOUGHT THAT THERE WERE NO SURVIVIOURS DUE TO THE ATTACK WITH OVERWHELMING DESIREMENT SHE RAN TOWARDS HER FAMILY… SHE AWOKE THAT FOLLOWING MORNING WITH A SENSE OF PRIDE KNOWING THAT HER FAITH WAS TESTED BEYOND HER BELIEVE AND HER FEAR… WAS BURRIED UNDER MILLIONS OF SAND GRAINS IN THAT TREACHEROUS SAND TRAP

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