DIRECTIONS: Read the introduction below. When choices are presented, choose which direction to take the story. Enjoy!
A) You are living during the Old Kingdom Period in Ancient Egypt. You
are an Egyptian fisherman from what was once Lower Egypt, before king
Menes united the two parts of Egypt. You begin your day by casting your little
papyrus boat off the Nile delta into the cool waters of the
Mediterranean Sea. The sun is out in full force today. It beats down
on your already burnt neck and shoulders. You smile and think to
yourself how good the sun-god Ra has been to warm this fertile region,
known as the Black Land. After hours of fishing you return with your
nets empty, not as joyful as you had been earlier in the day. You grab
the long oars that lay along the side of your boat and begin to row
toward the mouth of the mighty Nile River. After some time, your arms
begin to ache from rowing against the current but you realize that you
will soon be able to anchor your papyrus craft and try your luck with
the nets again. You say a quick prayer to the mighty Nile with the
hope that it will bless you with a school of unsuspecting fish. As you
wait you splash some of the cool water on your face. You see that the
sun is at its highest point in the sky, and think to yourself that this
is beginning to look like a wasted day. Your gaze falls on a family of
ducks paddling slowly across the surface of the water without a care in
the world.
DO YOU?
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