He is 15 years old. He knows nothing else. I like taking care of the camels. I don't know the world. The world is where I am.
Nomad woman walks down a dune in the early morning light.
But Ahmid, with slim, serious features and a shadow of a mustache, has dreams. He wondered what school would be like. He wondered about the airplane that split the sky as he spoke. He wondered what it would be like to drive a car. The sky, a breathtaking blue, held up a crescent moon, though the sun had not yet set.