Reading notes: The Sandy Road (A)

 Source: The Sandy Road

by Ellen C. Babbitt

Once again Ellen does a fantastic job of setting up the story, she gives a clear image of a merchant with many things on his way to the other side of the desert, a long journey that calls for many things.

She gave a very relatable description of how hot the sand was by comparing it to the top of a stove, showing how people could only travel at night while it was cool.

The pilot guided the men because he knew the stars, it was cool to relate an occupation to why they are in charge of a part of a journey.

The men camped at daybreak, which is interesting because normally camping is done at night.

The men decided that only one more day and they were out of the sand, so they decided to throw away the water and firewood since they would be in the city.

The pilot falls asleep while he was supposed to guide, you can tell the trip is about to go awry.

Their path was lost and they had no water or food.

The merchant decides to look for water so they may continue their journey.

He found some grass and decided to look for water there, where there is life there is water.

They were able to reach water under the rocks because they did not give up. Their journey was a success!

Where there is life, there is water