The narrator is accustomed to reading lots of books, but not her school books. In the English class neither the topic of “Passive, Active verbs” nor the subject of “modals/would, should, could” make sense to her. Her classmate, Catherine, who is sitting next to her, tries to help her. Catherine gives her address. The narra-tor realizes that to go to where her classmate lives she has to walk on the opposite direction from her own home. However, the distances of their homes from school is equivalent to each other. The next class in “theology”. That is how she finds out that the classmate is of a minority religion, and that is why Catherine looked so surprised when the narrator took a bite of her bread. As soon as the bell rings she runs towards Catherine's home. She notes that Catherine’s neighbor are dumping a bowl of soup in the garbage can. She knocks. She steps in. Catherine sits down next to her with two bowls of soup and offers one of them to her guest.

Mozhgan Babamarandi has started writing for children since 1995 focusing mostly on teenagers. She is a well-known figure in Iranian children & teenagers’ literature and her books are published by famous Iranian publishers. Her stories re-flect her own childhood. Her books contain ethical and social themes. She is fond of short-story format and this is the promi-nent format of her books which are published in Iran.. At the time being, she lives in Tehran. She is the author of more than 28 books of novel and collection of stories for children and young Adults