POV.
You are a 30 year old female who has just seen her first glimpse of the city of
Babylon
As I neared
Babylon a large building in the middle of the city seemed to keep getting
taller and taller. When I arrived the building seemed taller than ever and
seemed to almost touch the sky. When I asked the leader of my people what the
building was he replied, “That tower is to be the biggest tower that the world
has ever seen, it will reach heaven, where we can see the world from the top”.
After a few days most of my people had a job helping the men carry bricks up
the side of the building or helping to bake the bricks. My job was to carry
water from the river flowing about a half mile away to the women making bricks.
One day as I was resting on the bank of the river there was a large commotion
and all of a sudden I heard words that sounded like gibberish! At first I
thought someone must have gone crazy but I soon realized that everyone was
extremely upset, confused, and most of the people spoke differently then me.
When I ran back and asked the leader what was wrong he started to speak but I
could not understand what he was saying. I finally found a woman that spoke the
same as me and asked what was going on. She had no idea except that her people
all spoke differently. Together we found a group of people (around 500 total)
and stayed together until the time came to move away from the city. We moved to
a flat empty part of Iran. We spent about 3 hours packing up and then started
to move. We took with us; 100 camels, 126 donkeys, and about 300 goats, sheep,
and birds. So half of us had to walk and make sure the small animals didn’t get
away. We would take turns riding on the donkeys and camels but by the time we
reached our destination we were all very tired and our feet where in terrible
shape as most of our shoes had little coverage. A few weeks later we had made
our home in a small valley. Our people broke into groups of about 100 so it was
easier to find a place to stay. The valley we were in was perfect for our few
sheep and goats and the ridge above us was great hunting land. My people and I will
stay here for many years to come.
The end
