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Journey to the Land of Anger
Jewish kids! Set out on a fun-filled journey in this kid-tested, full-color book that teaches Middos and Derech Eretz with lots of laughter and adventure.
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It was a beautiful day. The sun was shining, butterflies were fluttering about, the birds were twittering in the trees, and bees were humming among the flowers in the fields.
It was a pleasant enough walk, but not really very exciting.
The boys were just about to turn back home when they saw something strange. They quickened their steps, almost running, as they approached the dark place ahead of them.
It was a forest.
Inside the forest, it was much cooler than in the fields they’d just left. The trees were very high and hid most of the sunlight. Here and there strange shapes appeared ahead, which on closer inspection turned out to be shadows. As they progressed through the forest, it became darker and darker. Suddenly, Chaim and Motty said to each other at the very same moment, “Do you see something red and sparkling over there?”
They began to run toward the glinting, glowing object. Faster and faster they went. It was as if something was drawing them forward with great speed. They were moving so quickly that they could hear their hearts beating. Their breathing became heavy, but they couldn’t stop running. They were too excited.
As they ran, the sparkling object became larger and larger. They were almost there...
They stopped.
“Am I imagining this, Motty?” Chaim wondered out loud. “Do you see what I see?”
“It’s an airplane. A little sparkling airplane!“ Motty cried.
“Come on! Let’s go see if it’s real,” Chaim said.
They walked over mossy ground and through bushes and over rocks until at last they reached it.
Chaim laughed. ”Hey, Motty, it must be a Jewish plane. Its name is painted on it. See? It’s called ELIAL.”
“Very funny,” answered Motty. “Look, the door is open. Do you think we could go inside and explore?”
Before he’d finished his sentence, Chaim had disappeared through the doorway of the plane. Motty followed him, wondering if this was really such a good idea.
The sight that greeted them was beyond anything they could have imagined. “Is this real or am I dreaming?” Chaim wondered as he gently stroked the interior of the plane. It was amazing, so shiny and colorful.
The two pilot seats were gleaming silver. The roof and sides of the plane had enormous clear windows so that you could see the trees at either side of the plane and the blue sky above. The pilot’s instruments seemed very simple, but so enticing. There was a large square panel and many smaller square buttons mounted in it, each one a different color. It reminded the boys of a set of paints in a box.
Chaim and Motty began to behave as Goldilocks had in the house of the three bears. First they tried the seats. They felt very comfortable. Then Chaim pressed a button. It was a lovely metallic yellow. Immediately, a gentle buzz sounded and the door closed.
Chaim was enjoying himself. He stretched out his arm to press the next attractively colored button - purple this time. Just as his finger reached the button, the boys heard a familiar voice cry out, “Chaim, I’m scared! Open the door. I want to get out.”
Both boys looked around in disbelief. It was Chaim’s sister, standing behind the pilot’s chair! Where had she come from?
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