The Young Boy and the School

Description : The story is about a boy named Hany who arrived later to his class and started telling his teacher about the reasons behind his tardiness. He explains how a bird hatched two eggs on his book which was on his head, so he had to stand still, so the eggs wouldn't fall and break. He stood there listening to two worms and two cats discussing whether Hany should go to school, or stand still. The teacher listened till the end of his story and she asked him about the truth of it. He admistted that most of it was creations from his imagination. The teacher laughed and did not get angry. She saw in Hany a future author in the making.

SGD : Goal 4: Quality Education Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities Goal 15: Life on Land

Keywords : Children Literature, Family Stories, the young boy, the school, the teacher, The Egyptian Dr. Seuss, the young author, the bird, the worm, and the cat

Type : An educational story

Relations : It is one of Ten stories in the collection Our Beautiful Language: The Laughing Letters

Coverage : The story is about encouraging the children's imagination

Language and Age : Arabic for 5-6 year old

Publishing Rights : The writer and Al-Dar Al-Masriah Al-Lubnaniah, Cairo

Publisher and Place : Al-Dar Al-Masriah Al-Lubnaniah, Cairo

Publication Date : 1995م 1417ه

E-Format : 16 pages in Arabic