back in time adventure

Computer generated image of a man working on a giant basket

Nearby a man is working on a giant basket. He beckons you over and says, "Here, young one, hold the other end for me!" You are amazed that you can understand him perfectly, even though you are sure you have somehow been transported to a place far from Canada.

The man gives you the end of a long piece of reed to hold in your left hand (the whorl is still in your right hand) while he measures it against the basket, then starts to weave it into the side. You wonder what he could be keeping in such a huge basket, so long and with such an odd shape. You look into the opening: nothing in there but some fish. Baskets are for carrying things around. Why would he carry his fish around the desert in such a big basket? Where do you look to find the answer to this question?

Look to the left? Look to the right?