Chapter 1 betrayed
PART 1
That day, at dawn, I woke up and I prayed
Fajr. I asked Allah to give me
a good average, and I also prayed for my friends.
In the morning, I went to school with my friends.
I was very nervous. Each of them had the average I
had asked for in my prayers. It was as if
God had accepted my prayer. I was very
happy.
I asked my aunt to go get my
report card, and I stayed under a tree with my
friend Aïchatou. My friend Fama was with my aunt
to get the report card. I was very happy. My
face was wearing a big smile.
Then I heard my name. I turned around.
Fama had lowered her eyes and put her hands on
her mouth, shaking her head from left to right.
I thought my prayer had been accepted. But
when I found out that I had failed, my heart
became heavy, like a sponge soaked in
water. My heart felt like a thousand bombs
exploding one after the other.
