|
Have a Little Faith: A True StoryThere, in the ruins of one destroyed house, he discovered an Arabic schoolbook lying in the dirt. It was facedown, missing a cover. He brought it home. Now he held it on his lap. This was what heБЂ™d gone looking for. A schoolbook nearly forty years old. БЂњHere.БЂ«He handed it over. БЂњLook through it.БЂ«It was fraying. Its binding had shriveled. The back page, torn and curled, had a cartoon image of a schoolgirl, a cat, and a rabbit, which had been colored in with crayon. The book was obviously for young kids and the whole thing was in Arabic, so I couldnБЂ™t understand a word. Why did you keep this? I asked. БЂњBecause I wanted to be reminded of what had happened there. The buildings were empty. The people were gone. БЂњI felt I had to save something.БЂ«Most religions warn against war, yet more wars have been fought over religion than perhaps anything else. Christians have killed Jews, Jews have killed Muslims, Muslims have killed Hindus, Hindus have killed Buddhists, Catholics have killed Protestants, Orthodox have killed pagans, and you could run that list backward and sideways and it would still be true ...» | Код для вставки книги в блог HTML
phpBB
текст
|
|