“Hey guys I just wanted you to know that in this book there will be some words in Kurdish and in every picture there will be a little bird so try and find him, you can name him and then leave me a comment to tell me what you thought of.”,
“Hey guys I’m Holly and this is John and Reb, and we have been travelling and now we are on an airplane to Iraq,”.
At the airport
“Hey guys we’re here in Iraq and we’ve been through security and we’re just waiting for some friends to pick us up.”, said Holly,
“Yes, I’m sooo tired.”, yawned Reb,
“Oh here they are!”, said John,
“I would like you to meet our friends, this is Isabel and Issachar .”, said John,
“Slaw, it’s so nice to meet you.”, said Isabel,
“So shall we be getting you guys home?”, asked Issachar,
“Yes please!”, said Holly,
At their house
“You have a very nice house.”, said Holly,
“Spas.”, said Isabel,
“Why don’t you show our guests to their rooms?”, asked Issachar,
“Oh, yes please!”, said Holly and Reb together,
In Reb’s room
“Good night friends!”, said Reb,
It was the morning and John sat at his window watching the sunrise Then he got dressed and went down stairs.
“Bayani bas everyone.”, said Isabel,
“Good morning.”, yawned Holly,
“So shall I make breakfast.”, asked Isabel,
“Oh, yes please!”, said Holly and Reb together,
Breakfast was Kahi Geymar, a piece of paratha bread served with buffalo curd, topped with honey! Umm!!!
“That was delicious!”. Said Holly.
“Yes, it was!”, said Reb, “thank you!”,
“You’re welcome!”,said Isabel,
“So how do you start your day?”, asked John,
“Well we usually go to church and help out.”,
“Ok let’s go and do that.”, said John,
The next few days were brilliant, they met some incredible people and saw some amazing places, on the last day they went to the museum in Iraq and had an awesome time.
“That was amazing!”, said Holly,
“Yes it was!”, said Reb,
“Well we better be getting you to the airport.”, said Issachar,
“Ok.”, said John,
At the airport
“Ohh, I don’t want to go.”, said Holly,
“Me either but we’ve had an amazing time.”, said Reb,
“That’s right and we’ll miss you guys.”, said John,
“Do come again.”, said Isabel,
“We will, good bye!”, they said,
“Good bye!”, says Isabel and Issachar,
“Bye-bye friends, see you in Turkey!”,
Translations
Baynani bas-good morning
Slaw-hello
Spas-thank you
