In the jail

 In the jail

very short storie

Written by Abdelkahhar ELHAJJARI

translated by Badia BENMRAH

I was caught by two ruthless , strong men.. The third was sitting on the left side of the rear seat of a little car.. The fourth opened the right door of the rear seat.He waited until I was pushed in strongly and got into the car , close to me.Then , he closed the door very good .The two men got in and the car started speedily.In a chamber of weak lighting, some one was writing a record. Two others look at me severly.The fourth was asking me while I replied:- What is your colour?- My colour appears on my skin- Answer my question!- Black.. white..why are you interested in my colour?- What is turning in your head?- All the best- And your heart?- There is love in my heart..- And what is runing in your veins?- A hot blood- He laughed mechanically and cried:- We will explode your neak.. your heart.. we will exchange it whith a donkey’s one , in your veins we will pump contaminated water.. as for your colour , it will be nothingThey hanged me with ropes and lit fire in my body