Ruby Jad And The City Guardians

Ghaith Sheikh Oghli

A little girl stood at the threshold of the wide staircase leading to a great, stone-built structure, calling out to her father, who was walking behind her as if dragging his feet, even though his features suggested he was a young man in good physical health.

The girl was extremely eager to reach that stone building, turning back every few steps to see how far behind her father was. She then began to hop up the stone stairs leading to the building. But her father walked with heavy steps and shoulders slumped forward, as if he were heading to his execution, as if he carried all the world's burdens on his back.