将以下文本段落翻译成英语。
很长以前，有一个城镇叫沙漠镇，这座城镇周围尽是沙漠。由于缺乏水源，人们生活十分困难。一天，一位能人异士来到了沙漠镇，他带来了一件神器，可以从沙漠中提取出水。人们非常高兴，他们向能人异士鞠躬致谢，称赞他的英雄事迹。沙漠镇变得非常富有，人们的生活水平得到了很大的提高。
Long ago, there was a town called Desert Town, surrounded by desert. Due to the lack of water source, people lived in great difficulty. One day, a talented and eccentric person came to Desert Town with a magical tool that could extract water from the desert. People were very happy, they bowed to the talented and eccentric person in gratitude and praised his heroic deeds. Desert Town became very wealthy and people's living standards greatly improved.