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to turn on the local songs at a loud volume.
Salah was surprised because as soon as they
arrived, they danced and sang with great
enthusiasm. Salah warned us to not talk to
these people and told Sami to not play with
the boy. Sami had a kite and he was playing
with it. Suddenly, it went down to the people
who were next to them. The little boy of that
noisy family took the kite and ran to his mother.
Then, Sami cried and ran to Salah and said, “That boy took my kite!”
Salah replied, “I told you not to play with him!” Sami replied in a sad tone,
“But I did not play with him, he took my kite.” Salah called the man of
that family and said, “Excuse me, your boy took my son’s kite!” The man
apologized and said, “ I do apologize for my son’s behavior ”
Salah understood that the kite would never return to them. He went back
to Sami and Mazoon and said, “That man is so rude, he will never return
it!” Mazoon said in a furious voice, “I will speak to him and teach him
manners!” Salah said in fear, “Oh no, no please, we came here to relax and
not to fight!” Mazoon said to Sami to stay near his sisters. After that, Salah
and Mazoon started to cook.
When Salah said, “I think if you add a little bit of salt it will taste good
in the meat”, Mazoon said in a solemn voice, “No, it won’t.” Meanwhile,
Sami was bothering Mazoon so Salah finally said, “Go play with Susan,”
Susan said in a stout voice, “I am not going to watch him by the way, I
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