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were no longer fresh vegetable and fruit markets where villagers brought the
produce they had grown into town on trucks, carts or bikes. Now, there were
supermarkets with their bright lights, shopping carts and prepackaged fruit and
vegetables. They looked nice, but somehow they didn't taste the same as those
back home.
Back home Sarah and Abraham always knew when it was time to say their
prayers, because at the corner of nearly every street was a mosque and the call
to prayer would ring throughout the city like an echo when the time for prayer
arrived. Now, it was easy to forget it was time for prayer, because there were no
mosques that called to remind them.
The twins, Abraham and Sarah, were surprised to find that school was also
different in England. Back home, boys and girls went to separate schools, but
here, they were in the same class in the same school. It was very strange and
they felt shy, but at least they had each other.
After a little while they started to settle in well and made some friends, but they
missed their grand parents, uncles, aunts, and cousins back home.
produce they had grown into town on trucks, carts or bikes. Now, there were
supermarkets with their bright lights, shopping carts and prepackaged fruit and
vegetables. They looked nice, but somehow they didn't taste the same as those
back home.
Back home Sarah and Abraham always knew when it was time to say their
prayers, because at the corner of nearly every street was a mosque and the call
to prayer would ring throughout the city like an echo when the time for prayer
arrived. Now, it was easy to forget it was time for prayer, because there were no
mosques that called to remind them.
The twins, Abraham and Sarah, were surprised to find that school was also
different in England. Back home, boys and girls went to separate schools, but
here, they were in the same class in the same school. It was very strange and
they felt shy, but at least they had each other.
After a little while they started to settle in well and made some friends, but they
missed their grand parents, uncles, aunts, and cousins back home.