The Gift from Allah

Claire Jobert

Golnar Servatian (Illustration)

Paperback, 20 pages

9786229156292

(And three other stories)

As soon as winter began, I prayed for a snow day and hope that school would be closed. A snow day in winter feels like a special gift from Allah. However, an elderly lady in our neighbourhood told my mother, "I hope it doesn't snow this year."

That evening, I took some soup to her and gently asked her to take her wish back. She explained, "If it snows..."