She must have dosed off because before she knew it, the sun had sunk low in the sky. Gillia saw dark unfriendly looking clouds gathering in the distance.
Good thought Gillia, if anyone's still chaseing me the rain will surley send them home.I wonder who saved me she thought to herself She took one last drink, then started the long road home.Behind her she heard footsteps running towards her. She turned around slowly, afraid of who she might see.
An Isrealite boy and girl were running to her, thier faces were red and covered with sweat.
The girl who she reconized as Rea (her Isrealite friend) called to her, "Gillia get indoors!"
"What?" shouted Gillia.
"Get inside" yelled the deep voiced boy.
It was the same deep voice that Gillia had heard when she was rescued.
"Why" called Gillia, she was shocked that she had found her rescuer.By this time Rea and the boy had reached her and were pulling her towards the city.
"What are you doing?" cried Gillia. Rea blew a strip of her long curly brown hair out of her wonderfully golden face.
"Moses went to see the pharoh agian," said Rea darkly. Gillia stopped in her tracks. Years ago Moses was a prince. He had apparently commited a crime and ran away some years ago. A few months ago he had come back with a special request to free the slaves. The pharoh said a big all time NO to that. Now everytime Moses asked the pharoh to "let his people go," and the pharoh declined, and something bad happened. In the past it had been that they were swarmed by gnats,flies, even frogs! Gillia shuddered at that thought. Water turning to blood was the first thing that had happened. Gillia had tried wine for the first time then, it was the only thing they had to drink. The latest plague were these awful boils that broke out on thier skin and became sores. Almost every Egyptian had delt with those. Even the thought of them made Gillia itch.
"What's going to happen this time?" asked Gillia afriad of the answer.
"We're not positive" said the boy "we think it's a hail storm."
"Hush" said Rea "we don't know that for certain and who knows who might be listening!"
"Hail?" Gillia almost laughed.
"That's not bad at all!"
"That's what you said about the frogs," scoffed Rea with much less humor to her voice.
"God is not to be taken lightly, if there is going to be a hail storm it's going to be bad," she said staring at Gillia with wide eyes. "Hurry we have to get somewhere safe before Moses decides it's time to let the sky fall in,"urged the boy.
"One question first," Gillia replied "are you the one who threw the scarlet blanket over the soldiers head so I could escape?"
"The name's Codian and yes I did."
"Why did you help me? You don't even know me!" she asked.
"Because God tells us to love our enemies," said Codian.
"But Gillia is NOT the enemy," said Rea as she started for the city.
"But how did you know I needed help" she pressed.
"I get around," he said revealing a toothy smile.
"Alright let's go!" said Rea earnestly.
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