4.The skilk Road
None of the other people in the caravan escaped.All of them were killed or captured by the robbers. But marco, his fhater, and his uncle met some more merchants and continued on the silk Road to china. Maco saw many strange things on the way. He saw camels with two humps,and a lot of big sheep with long, curling horns. One day he even saw some elephants.They travelled through Asia for over a year, often without water, and marco was ill.
But they found a plain at the top of a mountain. It was covered with grass and trees. They were streams of sparkling water ful of fish.
It this place, Marco soon got well again. Then they travelled about ten miles a day through very high mountains. It was very cold.
They could not not cook, because the water did not cold.
They could not cook, because the water did not boil.
Marco’s unclr siad “I wish we had some hot soup. I am very hungry.” Then they came to a desert. There were snakes there, but no birds or animals. Marco saw some white bones near the road. “Thay are the bones of men and horses,” his fhater said.