Broken Solar

  Written by: Abdullah Fazli

Once upon a time, there were three friends and classmates: Suhrab, Jawad, and Zarif living in a green village.

One-day Suhrab asked his father to bring him a ball for playing. His father promised to bring him a ball next day.

Zarif came and wanted Suhrab to play with him. Suhrab saw his father sling hanging on a wall. He took the sling with him secretly and left home.

Zarif and Jawad had brought their slingshot with them. Suhrab wanted them to play with a sling but they denied to play because they had heard about the dangers of the sling but Suhrab wanted to play with the sling.

Zarif threw a stone by slingshot. After him, Suhrab put a stone in his sling and threw it above. The stone came down and hit on Tamana’s head (Tamana is Jawad’s sister). She cried and said that Suhrab broke her head. Suhrab returned home and hide himself somewhere. Tamana’s mother went to Suhrab’s house and complained from Suhrab. Joma, Surab’s father gave her some money to cure the wound of Tamana’s head.

When Suhrab knew that his father gave the money, which he had kept for the ball, he became very sad.

Jawad decided not to play with Suhrab anymore. One-day Suhrab went out from his home and saw Zarif, who was playing with his slingshot. He also brought his slingshot. Suhrab wanted Zarif to throw the stone by slingshot higher in the air. First Zarif tried to throw the stone but the rubber of his slingshot cut and he was not able to use it. Suhrab threw the stone, he hit his solar panel and broke it.

Joma became angry and condemned Suhrab’s playing. Suhrab was also regretted and said to his father that he would never play again. His father told him that playing is his right but he should play outside of the village.

After that day, Suhrab was playing with a slingshot in a ground far from the village and soon he became famous for his good slingshot playing in the village.