The climax of "The Oasis: Africa" is when the traveling men find the oasis. Which of the following answer choices support this f
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For eight weary days we had crawled across the burning desert. In all directions stretched the wastes of the mighty Sahara. Sand, sand, and always sand; hills of sand, valleys of sand, and paths of sand. Sand in the scanty food, sand in the brackish water—water that was drunk lukewarm from a clammy, loathsome water-skin. Sand in one’s mouth, nose, and eyes.
This danger past, we had lost another day making a wide detour to the east in order to avoid the fierce, tameless Tuaregs, who were marauding in the district.
Matchlocks were primed, cartridges rammed home, and swords loosened in their sheaths. Was it the Tuaregs again across our path? But Mohammed, the keen-eyed, shouted joyfully—
“The oasis, the oasis! I see the palm-trees.”
The oasis was set in the sand of the desert like an emerald on a shield of gold. The massive green foliage of the graceful palms was delightfully welcome to eyes smarting and sore with the glare of the eternal sand. How delightful it was to sit in the shade of a moss-grown bank, while at one’s feet a brook ran babbling, picking its way through the cultivated patches!
