The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle by Dan Gutman

Author:Dan Gutman [Gutman, Dan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Holiday House
Published: 2024-06-04T00:00:00+00:00

APRIL 14, 1880

Today I watched as an Egyptian family ate their dinner in a sidewalk restaurant on Fouad Street. Why do people order meals & not finish them? They waste so much good food. I eat every scrap of food I can get my hands on. When the family paid their bill & got up to leave, I ran over to the table before the busboy came to clear off their plates. I grabbed as much as I could carry in my hands, mouth, & pockets. It will be enough food to last me for a few days, at least. This is not stealing, I believe. The food would only be thrown in the garbage if I did not take it.

Alexandria is a big harbor city on the Mediterranean Sea about 200 kilometers from the capitol city, Cairo. There are lots of boats coming in & out all the time. Mostly small fishing boats. I spend my days watching boats in the harbor to see if one of them might be able to take me somewhere, anywhere. But I have no money to pay for a fare. I will need to sneak aboard a boat. This, I believe, is also not stealing. The boats are going to go where they go weather I am on them or not. It does not cost them anything for me to be on them, so why should I have to pay?

Someday I will have a job so I can earn money & buy my own food, boat rides, & other things I need. Until that day comes, I must do what I can to survive.

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