As they continued on their way they found no oasis or any water at all.Some realized they'd been fooled by beings that might have been demons, and started to grumble and accuse the merchant.At the end of the day,all the people were tried out.The bullocks were to weak from lack of water to pull their heavy carts.Allthe people and animals lay down in a haphazard manner and fell into a deep sleep.Lo and behold, during the night the demons came in their true frightening froms and gobbled up all the weak defenseless beings. When they were done there were only bones lying scattered around-not one human or animal was left alive.