Week four. Topic 1

Parvana saw her Father limping across the road hanging off two strong men. She dropped the bucket of water Ms Weera sent her to get and ran over to him. She ran faster over to her father then ever before, even when being chased by the Taliban. She wrapped her arms around her father and buried her head in his chest and gasped, “Father.” She looked up to see his face. First she saw his beard, that was a bit bigger than usual, and then his eyes… they were staring right at me with a strange look. That’s when she noticed that this man she had her arms wrapped around was not her father. This new man new what was going on because of all the men being taken away around town. He replied to Parvana, “I’m sorry young girl; I am not your father. But don’t give up hope, I'm sure he's out there trying to come home.” Parvana looked to the ground and walked over to pick up the bucket she had dropped. As she picked up the bucket she looked up and saw two women carrying two young children. Once again Parvana dropped the bucket that was clenched in her hand and ran, but this time she was not disappointed. She got close enough to see Fantana and Noori's face and she new that it was them. For the first time ever Parvana and Noori had a meaningful hug and were pleased at the sight of seeing each other. Parvana's family had just escaped death just like Homa in the north of Afghanistan and were now safe at home still in search for Parvana's father.