Desperately, he decided to try to run upstairs and warn the family.

There is the so-called " priceless knew, not helpless!"

He would skip school and run away from home for days, frustrating his grandfather, who oversaw the boy's care.

A rush of guilt ran through me as I feebly confessed to my trip to the movie theater and the real reason for my lateness.

In desperation, Omar had his friends boil and eat the fruit from an unknown plant.