Chapter 32, Dragon Slayer
We were dismissed from school early. The teacher said that it was too hot to learn anything. "It's above 40 degrees Celsius. It's a H amsin ," she added. "So, go home everybody, drink a lot of liquids, and stay in the shade." I hoped that the children from the orthodox school were also dismissed early. I didn't want to play all by myself, and Avi, my brother, was still in the kindergarten, they never got dismissed early. Anyway, that's not what I wanted to tell you today. What I wanted to tell you is about what happened when I got home. Mom was working with Dad at the diamond factory. She worked only half a day. She left the key hidden on the floor behind the propane tanks next to the door. All I had to do was to reach behind the gas tank and get the key. It was a big key. It didn't need a key chain. Like I said, I came home early, and just as usual I reached behind the tanks to get the key. But, unlike every day, I felt that the key was ...