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news!
” he shouted to his compan-
ions, “
Here is a beautiful boy!
”
The merchants knew that they
could get a handsome price for the
boy if he was sold as a slave in the
markets of Egypt, so they hid little
Yusuf among their merchandise
until they had travelled far away
from the countryside Yusuf knew so
well.
After many days of travel the mer-
chants reached the land of Egypt.
They made their way to the market-
place where they called out at the
top of their voices, “
Who will buy
this boy? Who will buy this beautiful
boy?
”
It so happened that that very day
the prime minister of Egypt was in
the marketplace. He was an impor-
tant man and an officer of the
Pharaoh. But he had no children of
Vocabulary
caravan
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merchandise
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prime minister
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officer
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astonishing
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miraculous
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