Friday                

Before the six days war

my father came home with a

new car

Renault 4

awfully

green

that changed the old

Simca

and told us that he bought it from a priest

and that the car is very well kept

because priests

know how to take care of their cars

and it was the car in which we drove

until we emigrated.

And two days before the war

an Arab friend met my father

and told him

that the end of the state of Israel is near

only a few days away

and that the Arabs will destroy Israel.

For a whole week we didn't leave the house 

and went to the vacation site

near the Spanish border

in case we'd have to run away

and two weeks later

my father met the Arab

who was afraid even to say hello

or stare at

his eyes.