It was my first day at school. I
felt nervous and scared. I went to all my classes with no friends. It felt like
no one cared. I listened anxiously to all the lessons and waited for
lunch break at one. Then finally the bell rang. It was time to talk and have
fun. In the lunchtime I met a new friend who wore a hijab on her head, and
though I am Jewish, we got along fine, and I was so relieved when she said,
“Sit with us, at our table.” She pointed to the one next to the door.
So I agreed, and took my tray and
was about to walk with her across the floor, when suddenly I felt a nudge.
“Hey, I saw you on the bus,” said a tall girl in a long skirt. “I see your
Jewish star necklace. You should sit with us.”At that moment I looked around,
and that’s when I noticed, to my surprise, the nations of the world, isolating
themselves. That’s what I saw through my own eyes.
The Spanish only sat with
Spanish, the Hindus only with Hindus, the Russians always with the Russians,
and never the Arabs with the Jews. I saw the reason why war gets started.
Everyone sticks to their own kind. The lunchroom was a map of the world. Why
was everyone so blind? And so I turned down this girl, and went with the
first, and there was no enmity. I built a bridge between two worlds when I sat
with those different from me. Hope you will do the same.
very true
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