The Kite Runner:Sohrab's Story

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Entry 7

I landed on the dusty wooden floor of a dim room as the man pushed me through the door.We had walked up 3 flights of stairs before reaching the dark,tiny room whose only source for light was the crack in the door.

I crept into a corner at the far end of the room and pulled my knees to my chest as the man pulled the door shut tightly and I heard the turning of a lock.I was locked in the room,alone.

My eyes burned with the tears that kept flowing past my cheeks,I felt an aching in my chest as loud sobs escaped my lips,"Mama,Baba,why are you gone so soon?"I cried,not caring if anyone heard me,I needed my mama,my baba,my life back.

I felt a tap on my forehead and opened my eyes to see a man in a grass green herring-bone vest looking at me,"Get up boy,let's go."He waved his hand as I blinked to clear my blurry vision.

"Come on kid,ain't got much time."He kicked me on my back,probably trying to urge me to get up.

I stood up trembling,what was going to happen to me? "Follow me."He started walking out,I fought back my tears and went after him,Help me,somebody.

The man pulled me into a room right next to the stairs,it was a tiny,stuffy room with a giant silver trunk in the middle,on the trunk sat the man named Farid,sucking on a cigarrette,"Took you long enough."He rolled his eyes and got off, turning to flip the latch and open the lid.

"Come here kid,"Green-vest shouted from where he was now standing next to the trunk,I hesitantly walked up to him.

"Look inside,go on,take a peak."He waved his hand over the trunk like a magician.I leaned forward and saw colourful clothes inside,mayve it was my confused expression that caused Farid to laugh,but he laughed and pushed me away.Reaching in he pulled out the clothes and unfolded them,revealing a flowy dress.

"Come on,"Green-vest shouted and pulled me infront of him,I saw he was sitting on his knees.The man pulled me towards him and stared me in the eye.He smelled of smoke and cow dung,he opened his mouth and the smell got worse,then he sneered,"Wear this yourself quickly,or I can put it on you."

I bowed my head and nodded,then took hold of the dress and changed.The men then sat me infront of a huge table in the very next room and roughly clasped two heavy metal clasps around my ankles,I looked down and saw millions of tiny bells attached to the clasps,the slightest movement and the bells rang like gunfire...except maybe the bells brought more fear.

Green-vest clamped his hand down on my mouth and tilted my head up as Farid stretched open my eye and filled it with a black powdery substance.He waved a brush on my eyelashes and then stepped back to admire his handy work,"A little more,don't you think?"He chukled at green-vest and bent over me again,applying more of the gooey black substance onto my eyelashes.He pressed the tip into my eye,and my eyes stung,the tears blurred my view as the man pried them open.

"Haha very good,if I say so myself Farid."The man chuckled and pulled me off the chair,"Come on now kid."The two seized each of my arms and pulled me out of the room and down the flight of stairs,onto the second floor.They dragged me down a corridor lined with room after room.The doors loomed high and threatening,what was about to happen to me,my vision blurred.

We finally reached a door,which Green-vest softly knocked,then,with down-cast eyes,opened it slightly,only enough for me to pass through,Farid pushed me inside and tightly closed the door behind me.

I looked up fearfully and saw the man in the white clothes looking at me,his hand was casually thrown across his mouth and a finger tapped against his cheek,he grinned and got up,his deathly cold,blue eyes not leaving my face,I started to tremble.The man took hold of my wrist so tightly it started to hurt.

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Entry 8

I don't know how...or when I was brought back to the box room on the third floor,my eyes hurt when I opened them,I don't know why,but I was in so much pain,I wanted to die,the pain wouldn't allow me to move,everything hurt,my cheeks were wettening by the second,but I couldn't dry them with my hands,they hurt.

I twitched my leg slightly,no bells jiggled,when did I get here? Ny head started throbbing,I couldn't hold it in my hands,then it came to me...and I felt more like killing myself rather than dying.

"Dirty Hazara!"The man spat at me as I cowered on the floor. He took hold of my hair and pulled on it,causing me to stand up.

"Stop crying you little..."He stopped and slapped my face tightly,I fell to the ground again...3 paces away.

He walked over again and I winced,"Sohrab? Come on."I heard a soothing voice and I opened my eyes to see the man leaning over me,he took me from under my arms and lifted me up,taking me to the huge white bed and laying me down gently.

What was happening? This man smiling lovingly at me,wasn't he just hitting me?

And then the smile turned evil,and I couldn't even scream from the pain now,his hand was clamped over my mouth,I didn't know what was going on,what he was doing was more painful than being hit.

It was the pain stopping me from moving right now,a suicidal pain.

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A/N

I can't do this...