Imagine. . .The Fall of Jericho by Koceich, Matt;

of the Bible and waited for the information to sink in. “Even though I have never heard of a Bible, it’s disturbing how you claim to know future events.” Levi looked shocked. “Young man, if you’re not here to stop the crowd marching, then maybe you’ve been sent to put an end to Ka’nah.” Jake closed his eyes for a second. When he opened them, Levi had turned to face him. “Sir, uh, I mean, Levi. I really have no idea what I’m doing here. I did feel a connection to Dair. Dair got captured by Ka’nah, and I want to help get him out.” “Okay,” Levi said. “Let me finish telling you about my old friend and maybe we can come up with a plan to get Dair back.” Jake listened as his new mentor talked about how Ka’nah went from stealing food to survive to stealing food to thrive. He listened as Levi explained how Ka’nah gathered other street kids to steal for him, eventually giving them part of his growing cache. “He came to me one night right here and took me to the edge of the city wall. He knew I was poor, and he wanted to help me. I let him for a while, but then I saw how the wealth was changing him. Ka’nah quickly became selfish and arrogant. Soon the joke was, even though our city had an appointed king, everyone knew who the real king was.” Jake didn’t know how all this was going to help get Dair rescued. He waited patiently as Levi recounted more facts about Ka’nah’s descent into a life of darkness. Then, when Jake was sure the old man would keep talking forever, he stopped and asked