Al-Kattab (A Place Used To Be An Alternative To Kindergartens Poem by MOHAMMAD SKATI

Al-Kattab (A Place Used To Be An Alternative To Kindergartens



There were not kindergartens to little kids At that time, but There were some houses, To certain and known families, Used as alternatives to the kindergartens, Our families sent us to them To learn reading, writing, ..., etc.. These Kattatibs were old houses of Old smelling... We sat boys and girls to repeat and to read The supposed teacher used to say... Simplicity, poverty, ..., and other things Gathered us at that time, These Kattatibs used to be named after their Owners, so They used to say the such-and-such's family.... These Kattatibs' days were full of pleasure and love, They used to combine all kids instead of Remaining them in the streets, We used to learn funny games and plays... We had to pay the Thursdays' money in the Shape of food or some money... Later on, when there kids' kindergartens, Then These Kattatibs disappeared, but They have become a memory In my poems... I was a student in one of these Kattatibs... Such are the days... It's impossible for anything to remain as is...............................! 27-08-2014 _____________________________________________

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