The Last Tree
In a small town two old ladies, Khadija and Samira, lived
together in their cozy country house. Khadija was bed ridden and since
she was superstitious, she believed she would die when the season of
figs ended. Her friend Samira tried to reason with her, but the stubborn
woman had her mind made up. So her only choice was to go to Mr. Brahim,
the town vegetable seller. He told her that the fig season lasted only
seven days, they were in the last days, and unfortunately he was all
sold out.
Samira returned home hopeless but a few days later, someone
knocked on her door saying that he had a package from Brahim to Lalla
Khadija and Samira and it was a box of figs. Surprised but happy, she
went to Khadija to give her the good news. After a week and after
Khadija became surprisingly better, they went to Mr. Brahim to thank him
for his kindness, only to find that he had died from a bad fever he
caught when he went to the last fig tree on top of a mountain to bring
the last figs of the season.
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