Jessie 7aset en 7ayatha zehe2a awi fi yom seif. kanet zah2ana men el television, 2aret kol kotobha, w sa7abha kano msafrin. kanet 3ayza te3mel 7aga mo5talefa. fag2a, shafet makinet gaz el negil bara fil geneina.
"Mama," nadahet, "ana faker agoz el negil." Mama geret 3al geneina w 2alet, "la2 msh haynfa3. enti lessa so8ayara 3ala gaz el negil."
"ana 3andi arba3tashar sana w 3arfa a3melha ezay," Jessie 2alet. "w kaman da haysa3ed Baba, w msh hayeb2a 2ale2 3aleha fel weekend."
Mama fakaret shwaya w ba3den 2araret te5ali Jessie tegarrab. 3ala kol 7al, heya kanet fel beit w hat7awat 3aleha. Jessie kanet 3arfa ezay tsha8al makinet el gaz men lama kanet betbo9 3ala babaha. Jessie check-et 3al benzin 3ashan tet2aked eno malyan, w labeset el gawanti bta3ha 3ashan te7mi edeiha. Mama kanet betbo9 3aleha men shebak el matba5. Jessie fe3lan kanet 3arfa tegoz el negil. kanet 7arisa giddan 7awalin el zohoor w el ashgar. lama 5alaset, 7aset bel ertiya7, bas kanet 7arra awi. Mama gabetlaha shay motallag w 2alet, "enti 3amelti shoghl gamil awi. Baba haytfage2."
Ba3d keda fel yom, Baba raga3 el beit w 2al le mama Jessie, "msh kant lazma tegozi el negil. kont hanegozoh yom el sabt. shaklo 7elw awi. shokran."
"ana magoztoosh. Jessie elli 3amalto."
"Wow, benti el so8ayara kabreet!" Baba 2al le Jessie enaha 3amalet shoghl gamil awi.
"kan momte3, w ana ha3melha tani osbo3 el gay," 2alet Jessie.
El gar elli gamb el beit geh w sa2al Jessie law 3ayza tegozlo el negil w tekseb folos. "Akid!" 2alet Jessie. Jessie bada2et tegoz negilo. etnen giran tanyeen sa2alo, w ba3den talata kaman. Jessie delwa2ty ba2et betgoz negil lehom kolohom w betekseb folos. mabu2etsh zah2ana 5ales! "msh hala2i wa2t asref el folos," de7ket m3a nafsha.
3ashan te3mel 7aga mo5talefa, Jessie 2arraret   _  .
te2ra kotob tsafer tegoz el negil tetfarag 3al television