Introduction:
Introduction: “ Gling Gling Gling ” The loud noise of the rain on the metal roof of our small school muffled sound of the handheld school bell. The school was a narrow asbestos shack divided to 4 rooms each for the first four grades, a branch of a much bigger school two miles away at Avihayil the village next to Netanya. And then, just like magic, the rain stopped. I remembered very well what Mom told me that morning: "Now, don't forget, don't leave school if it rains, but as soon as it stops, rush right back home." Lucky for me, the rain stopped right on time. Now, all I had to do was run home as fast as I could. I grabbed all my books, stuffed them in my school bag, picked up my chair, dropped it on top of the desk, and without realizing that it had fallen right back on the floor, zipped through the door. Looking up toward the sky for a moment just made me run faster. The sky was very dark as if night was coming. Yet, it was only five minute