User talk:Kamal ateeq

Sandwich

I was born in a neglected area under the rain of the winter and the sun of the summer. I used to sleep with a fox style .One of my eyes was closed the other following the drops of water that were falling in buckets. My breakfast was bread and tea. My lunch was tea and bread as a change. After eating some pieces of bread I used to drink a lot of tea without thinking just to fill my empty stomach.

I used to take my broken school bag which I had found in our rich neighbor's garbage. The bag witnessed the first world war ! It was good for nothing, but I felt happy that I had a bag. My books were as old as my grandmother. I borrowed them. Then I asked my mother to mend and sew them. I remember the teacher asked me to stand at the end of the class because my class was overcrowded.

In the school playground my schoolmates used to buy some sandwiches. They were delicious for a hungry boy like me. I kept looking at their hands. My day dream was to buy one. but my pocket was like my stomach !

One day, I left my house quickly. My heart was in my mouth. I didn’t eat or drink my breakfast. I was frightened from the headmaster. He was very aggressive! He used to punish us with a long stick of wood. After that, we had to wash our feet with cold water. I hated that not because of the cold water, but my socks were with holes!

In the break, I looked at my friends .They were happy. I was an orphan. I was hungry. Suddenly ,my brother who was in grade seven bought a sandwich and gave it to me. I ate it without thinking. Even the paper which was covered with some oil was very tasty! Being an orphan was a crime if your school treated you as a normal person !I left school with a cool feeling. At last, I ate a sandwich! I was like the others ! !I used to eat the sand which was in my house ! But it was a real sandwich!

BY Kamal Ateek