
This fictional story is inspired by a mother's vision for her son that one day he will become the leader of Ethiopia.
©Elsi Abebe 2018. All rights reserved.

Once upon a time there was a kind, smart, and brave boy named Abiy who lived with his mama in a little town known as Beshasha, near Agaro in a country called Ethiopia.
Abiy was a good boy who listened to his mama all the time, and his mama was so proud of him. He always loved going to school and learning new things.
He respected his teachers and did his homework on time. He also enjoyed teaching other students what he learned in school.
Ever since Abiy was a little boy, he helped his friends do the right thing. He didn't like it when kids didn't tell the truth or bullied other kids on the playground. He especially didn't like it when boys made fun of girls. He told his friends that girls were as smart as boys.
In his school, Abiy was most known for being fair at all times and for encouraging kids to apologize when they did something wrong. Abiy felt that kids who didn't have friends to eat lunch with shouldn't be alone, so he often sat with those lonely kids to keep them company.
Abiy was also very famous in his school for helping two brothers who refused to play on the same soccer team. The boys didn't even like to be around each other.
Abiy was sad when he heard that they didn't live in the same home after their parents got divorced. One lived with their mama and the other with their dad.
But one day Abiy decided to make up a three player game when no other kids were around except himself and the two brothers.
He told both brothers they would win a prize if they played this new game with him. Once the two brothers saw how fun it was to play with each other, they decided to treat each other like brothers again.
During the rainy winter season in Ethiopia, coffee farmers in Beshasha worked very hard. School was out during this time, so the children in the neighborhood played outside in the rain all day long.
But Abiy would read books like his favorite Amharic story, "Yerabew Wesha" ("The Hungry Dog"), while sitting near a window.
One rainy Saturday morning, Abiy heard an old lady crying for help. She was screaming, "Why? Why? Why?"
Abiy recognized that the voice came from the old woman's house at the end of the street.
He took a deep breath and ran outside to help the old lady as fast as he could. His big eyes even got bigger when he saw a small group of boys from the village running away laughing. In their pockets, they had the old lady's coins that she had saved for many years. When Abiy got closer to the house, one of the old lady's goats was lying on the ground, gasping for air and bleeding from its side.
He was very sad about what the boys had done and whispered to himself, "We should help each other, not hurt each other. We should give, not take. We should make peace, not start fights. We should include everyone, not pick only a few." He wished his best friend Tesfa, who was as kind as himself, was there with him on this sad day.
"What happened?" Abiy asked the old lady while breathing as fast as the goat on the ground. He looked at the many rocks scattered on the floor.
It was clear that the boys meant to hit the old lady with rocks, but barely missed her right eye and hit one of her goats instead.
"Why? Why? What have I done my son? Why would an old lady deserve all of these troubles in her own village?" cried the old lady, as if Abiy might have the answers.
The old lady also shared with him that two of her own boys left the village to fight in a war that started a few years ago.
"We all have taught our children what love should look like. We have raised them to look after each other and not to start fights, but look at us now. Our children are scattered everywhere, leaving us here alone with old roofs that drip rain all night long," said the old lady, wiping her tears and blowing her nose.
Abiy could hear his own heart go boom boom, feeling so so sad for the lonely old lady who didn't have any children to help her. That's when he promised himself to help her and care for her as long as he lived.
He also whispered to himself, "I wish all the grown ups could make peace with each other and come home to happily live with their families."
Abiy picked up the gasping baby goat, wiped off the blood from her side, and gave her his breakfast (called "koocho") that was in his hand. He then picked up every rock that was thrown at the old lady and put them in a bag. The old lady thought, "Why is he saving the rocks that hurt my baby goat?"

This fictional story is inspired by a mother's vision for her son that one day he will become the leader of Ethiopia.
©Elsi Abebe 2018. All rights reserved.

Once upon a time there was a kind, smart, and brave boy named Abiy who lived with his mama in a little town known as Beshasha, near Agaro in a country called Ethiopia.
Abiy was a good boy who listened to his mama all the time, and his mama was so proud of him. He always loved going to school and learning new things.
He respected his teachers and did his homework on time. He also enjoyed teaching other students what he learned in school.
Ever since Abiy was a little boy, he helped his friends do the right thing. He didn't like it when kids didn't tell the truth or bullied other kids on the playground. He especially didn't like it when boys made fun of girls. He told his friends that girls were as smart as boys.
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