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The Impossible Boy
June 16, 2019
By the storytellers at Silver Hub - Group A
He's a courageous boy
He accepted and believed
He's going to get that ball
from the 'vellestrun' (door on top of a door!)
Usually he would be playing football and it ends up there.
He's called Lorry
He's 10 years old
He's from Birgu or Zejtun
These two became friends - we were refugees.
The Police were coming for him as he was leaning out
He's risking his life
He doesn't want anyone to steal his ball and go off with it.
Those days we had nothing to play with
They used to move the ball with a wooden stick - like this
He goes to the Birgu school
When he grows up he will become a footballer - Centre forward.
And that's what he did.
He's on his school holidays - he's dressed in summer clothes
not his school clothes
He loves the colour red - he's got 7 siblings.
Mine are all grown up.
He likes to eat fired egg and meat
but for school he will take a loaf with oil and tomatoes - that's healthy !
He is going to fall off.
He will catch the ball and go and play with it in the football ground.
He will get hit with the ball
He will go the teacher and she will give him a copy.
They will take his ball - noone sees it ever again.
I think he will get down from there with a parachute !
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In Maltese :
It-tifel kuraġġuz
Accetta u emmen.
Ser igib il-ballun
mill vellestrun (ikun bil-hġieġ) (bieb li jkun fuq bieb iehor)
Ġeneralment ikun qed jilghabu il-futbol u jitla hemm fuq.
Jismu Lorry
Ghandu 10 snin
Mil Birgu jew miz-Żejtun
fil-gwerra ghamlu hbieb - konna refuġjati.
Il-Pulizija kien gej ghaliħ ghax qed jixxabbat
Qed jipperikola ħajtu.
Ma rridx min jisraqlu l-ballun ghax rid jilgħab bih.
Dik il-ħabta ma kelniex biex nilgħabu
kienu jmexxu l-ballun b'injama - hekk...
Imur l-iskola tal-Birgu
Meta jikber ser isir Footballer - Centre Forward
U hekk sar.
Qieghed fil-vaganzi - ghax liebes tas-sajf
mhux ta l'iskola
Ihobb l-ahmar kellu 7 ħutu
Issa kibru tieghi.
Iħobb jiekol laham moqli u bajda
imma l-iskola jieħu ħobza zejt u tadam - ghax tajjeb ghalik !
Ha jaqa.
Ha jġib il-Ballun u jmur jilghab fil ground tal-football,
Jaqla daqqa ta' ballun
Imur ghand it-teacher u ttieh copy.
Jehdulu l-ballun u ma jarawħx iżjed.
Nahseb ser jinżel minn hemmhekk bil-parachute !
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Image Credits: Pierre Stafrace